King Stephen ordered the building of a castle at Moson to defend the border in the early 11th century. Settlers flocked around the wooden and then stone castle, and by …
The Sopron-Várhely burial ground dates from the Hallstatt to late Latène period and provides interesting insights into earlier death cults. Most of the finds from the burial mounds are in the Sopron Museum (Soproni Múzeum).
After the original wooden building was destroyed during the Tatar invasion, the castle was rebuilt in the Renaissance style by János Héderváry. The castle acquired its current Baroque form in …
It is one of the largest Rococo palaces in Hungary, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site, and is also part of the Fertő-Hanság National Park. Behind the palace is a large garden.