The Captain
Varkocs legend:
It was a
great duty to follow the steps of the captain Varkocs. The city was very
interesting, we liked to explore, feel the old history of Hungary… but
unfortunately we didn’t find the statue. After asking to people we understood
that the statue was removed for restoration. So we decided replace the statue
and Matteo was a perfect captain!
Nobody
could explain us his story, except an old lady in a boutique:
An old lady
from a clothing shop knew some informations about George Varkovics. (She could
speak only Hungarian). She told us that George Varkovics was a castle warden in
Székesfehérvár who protected the city from the Turkish. His statue was taken to
this place (to the main street) because it is the center of the city but the
castle was on another location (outside of the city center). But after he was
killed or betrayed by the Hungarians.
After few
more researches in internet, we found that György Varkocs died in the assault
of the city in 1543 after, according to legend; the defenders of the fortress
closed the gate in front of him. The statue takes place on a part the wall of
the castle.
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