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Monastery Bastion

Kláštorná bašta
Monastery Bastion
Kláštorná bašta
Original function:
town fortification
Current function:
town fortification
Historical Hungarian county:
Sáros
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
49.290867, 21.274422
Google map:

History

King Louis I of Hungary ordered the construction of the walls around the town in 1352. They were reinforced in the 16th century against the Turks. There were 4 gates and 23 bastions of which only 2 gates and 11 bastions remained. These are the following, starting from the Half-Round Bastion and going clockwise: Renaissance Bastion, Rectangular Bastion, Lower Gate, Red Bastion, Big Bastion, Thick Bastion, Upper Gate, Dusty Bastion, Monastery Bastion, and Western Bastion.

Source:  muemlekem.hu
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