- Type
- Fortress
- Origins
- 1338 · 14th century per Wikidata: founding, first mention or construction
- Location
- South Bačka, Serbia
- Style
- Gothic art
- Commissioned by
- Charles I of Hungary
- Coordinates
- 45.3931°, 19.2217°
History
From the early Middle Ages Bač was an important centre of the Kingdom of Hungary and one of the seats of the Archdiocese of Kalocsa-Bács, and in 1338–1342 King Charles Robert built a stone fortress here on the Mostonga, on the site of earlier defences. In the 15th century the archbishops turned it into a grand Renaissance residence. After the Battle of Mohács the Ottomans took Bač in 1529 and held it until the end of the 17th century. In 1704, during Rákóczi's uprising, the fortress was burned, and it has been a ruin ever since.
What to see
The curtain walls with their towers survive, together with the tall keep, which has been stabilised and opened to visitors, and a visitor point has been set up by the former gate. The ruins are surrounded by the old wetlands of the Mostonga. In the town stand a Franciscan friary and a former Turkish bath, and a few kilometres away is the Orthodox Bođani Monastery with its Baroque frescoes.
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