Eger minaret

The Eger minaret is an Ottoman generation minaret tower positioned in Eger city, northern Hungary. It is the most northern minaret left from Ottoman rule in Europe. The minaret is 40 metres excessive and constructed from crimson sandstone. It was constructed in the early seventeenth century as a part of the Djami of Kethuda mosque and used for the Muslim name to prayer. The mosque not exists, but the minaret survives as a preserved monument of Hungary and a chief tourist enchantment of Eger.

There are 97 steps at the spiral staircase inner, which results in a balcony at 26 meters from the floor presenting specific views of the encircling city. When precisely the minaret was constructed is still unknown and some of theories exist about it. The Ottomans took manipulate of Eger city in 1596. Eger minaret is assumed to have been constructed at the beginning of Ottoman rule inside the early 17th century. The Eger minaret changed into constructed as a minaret of the Djami of Kethuda mosque to name out the Islamic call to prayer five times an afternoon for the devoted to return for congregational prayers.