Originally built in the 13th century by King Béla IV of Hungary, the castle was meant to act as a fortress to protect the town of Visegrád from Mongol invasions. In the 14th century, the castle ...

Water runs through life in Hungary like no other place I have ... successions of rulers, wars, the Mongol invasion, and over 800 vineyard harvests. It’s a shining white bastion in a sea of ...

was elected commander in chief of the western part of the Mongol empire. Khan is confronted by a deeply spiritual man named Cesareani and a castle in Hungary that halts his invasion of Europe and ...