Koszeg - Jurisics Castle

Access to the castle, on the northwestern edge of the town center, is through a gatehouse in front of it (with tourist accommodation). Matthias Corvinus conquered the medieval fortress in 1482 and added a Renaissance west wing, some windows of which have survived. After it had been destroyed by the Turks in 1532, Jurisics, to whom it had been gifted, rebuilt it.

The conflagration of 1777 engulfed the castle; subsequently the south and west wings were rebuilt in Baroque fashion with two-storied arcades. Of the five towers only two were rebuilt to their original height. In the courtyard of the gatehouse, from which a brick-built bridge leads to the door of the castle itself, there stands a monument to Jurisics, designed by Sándor Mikus (1903-82); above the doorway can be seen the Eszterházy coat-of-arms and a painted Turkish tent, a favorite decoration on Hungarian castles.

Theatrical performances are staged in summer in the inner courtyard of the castle.