Editing Eger (section)

===The siege of Eger===

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[[File:Wolf-Dietrich-Klebeband Städtebilder G 168 III.jpg|thumb|left|200px|Eger in [[Wolf-Dietrich-Klebeband Städtebilder]] (1568)]]
[[File:Székely, Bertalan - The Women of Eger - Google Art Project.jpg|right|thumb|200px|[[Bertalan Székely]]'s "Women of Eger" depicts the siege of 1552]]
After the [[Battle of Mohács]] (1526) a sorrowful period began in the history of Eger. During the dual kingship the town changed hands almost every year and the [[Ottoman army]] came closer as well. This circumstance provided the reason for reinforcing the fortress. In the autumn of 1552, Captain [[István Dobó]] and his handful of soldiers were successful in defending the fortress and northern [[Hungary]] from the expanding [[Turkish Empire]]. The first writer of note to draw on the story was the Hungarian renaissance poet and musician [[Sebestyén Tinódi Lantos]] ({{Circa|1510}}–1556), whose account may have come partly from eyewitnesses. [[Géza Gárdonyi]] wrote his novel, "[[Eclipse of the Crescent Moon]]" in remembrance of this battle, and his work has been translated into numerous languages.

Despite the fact that [[István Dobó]] and his soldiers successfully defended the fortress, it was destroyed during the siege, so it was essential to wholly rebuild it. The reconstruction process of the fortress took place between 1553 and 1596 and Italian artificer officers planned the renovations. The famous Hungarian poet, [[Bálint Balassi]] also served here for a few years beginning in April 1578.