Visegrád - Solomon Tower
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As part of the lower castle the Vizibástya on the banks of the Danube was connected to the Solomon tower by a wall and served as a watch tower for the waterway and the palace's water supply. The multi-storied Romanesque construction was an obstacle to laying a road and so was torn down. The reconstruction was built on the same site in 1937.
The hexagonal originally 311m (102ft) high Solomon torony (walls up to 8m (26ft) thick!) is an impressive relic of the Visegrád lower castle. The road along the river bank was surveyed from here. A popular explanation of its name is that in the 11th C. King Solomon, who was under the protection of Emperor Henry IV was kept prisoner here by the Hungarian aristocracy. However, this cannot apply to the present tower as it was not built until the 13th C.
The tower, which suffered damage during the Turkish wars, has been successfully restored and houses a museum with finds from the former splendid palace.
The hexagonal originally 311m (102ft) high Solomon torony (walls up to 8m (26ft) thick!) is an impressive relic of the Visegrád lower castle. The road along the river bank was surveyed from here. A popular explanation of its name is that in the 11th C. King Solomon, who was under the protection of Emperor Henry IV was kept prisoner here by the Hungarian aristocracy. However, this cannot apply to the present tower as it was not built until the 13th C.
The tower, which suffered damage during the Turkish wars, has been successfully restored and houses a museum with finds from the former splendid palace.
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