HUNGARY Ozorai Pipo's Castle
Renaissance castle among the hills of Tolna
The history of the construction
The castle with a renaissance atmosphere is located in the town of Ozora in Tolna County. Pipo's castle is not resembled the castles of the time. Its appearance was mostly reminiscent of Italian palaces. King Zsigmond is famous his knight, Pipo, move to Ozora because of love After he married (his wife Borbála Ozorai), started large-scale construction. The castle He started building it in 1416, in the Gothic style. The castle has a regular square floor plan. The palace building was surrounded from the outside by a regularly arranged castle wall, with round towers at its four corners. Water from nearby Sió was piped into the castle moat. After Pipo's death, the castle had many owners over the centuries.
Nowadays
Nowadays, the castle evokes the Renaissance era. Renaissance stone carvings decorate its inner courtyard and upstairs corridors. In the summer of 2007, it opened its doors to the public as a museum, where among others, you can see the bedroom of Pipo's wife, Borbála, with the Renaissance fireplace throne room and the Renaissance dining room. Fragments of frescoes can be seen in its chapel, and is kept here Saint George's bone relic. We can see contemporary weapons. In addition, a renaissance kitchen offers visitors a pleasant pastime for. We can visit the castle by purchasing an entrance ticket.