UKRDOUG Castle Tours - Nialab Fortress Traditional Cache
UKRDOUG Castle Tours - Nialab Fortress
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Nialab Fortress (Korolevo)
NOTE: Someone started the brush on fire while I was verifying coordinates. We had to flee the hill before verification was complete. Hopefully the cache survived but coordinates may be a little off. See Spoiler pictures for help.
The oldest known settlement in Central Europe was found near the town of Korolevo known as the Ashel Culture (1,400,000 – 500,000 BC). The Hungarian kings frequented these lands hunting for the great bison. King Bela IV founded the town in 1247 on the site of an ancient Slavic settlement. The town of Korolevo (king’s lodge) received its name when a hunting lodge was built on the hill by King Istvan V overlooking the town. It was first mentioned in 1272.
After the Tatar invasion the hill was turned into a defensive fortress and given to the local feudal lords in 1378. By 1405 it was in the hands of the powerful Pereni family and a stone tower was erected to protect the Salt Road.
In 1514 the peasants rose up and burned the hunting lodge down to the ground. A church was built in 1530 where the hunting house once stood decorated with pictures of the castle. Inside this church the gospel was first translated into Hungarian by Benedek Komjathy in 1533.
In 1670 a rebellion against the Austrian Empire was started in Croatia by Petar Zrinski. The Transylvanian lords joined in the rebellion and Castle Nialab became their headquarters. The rebellion failed and Castle Nialab was destroyed in 1672 by order of Habsburg Emperor Leopold I. The fortress was never rebuilt and lies in ruins today.
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