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English Summaries Annamária Barth a Castle Building Projects of Abbot Favus? Contributions to the Building History of Szigliget and Zengővár In 1260, King Bela IV donated an „island of the Lake Balaton” to the Abbey of Pannonhalma to make a castle built there. Taking into account the contemporary conditions, the castle was built fairly quickly, within two years, and it was found so „well built and useful”, that the king took it back in 1262, donating the possession of Bak (in Zala County), Debréte (in Nyitra County), and Alma (in Somogy County) in compensation. The original donation to the monastery, however, did not specify the area, where there were, in fact, two different fortresses. Historians and archaeologists alike made attempts to determine whether it was the castle in Szigliget, or the so-called Ovár (Old Castle), parts of which could possibly date from the thirteenth century. Based on archaeological evidence, it can be stated that the Old Castle really dates from the thirteenth century. So it seems certain that Abbot Favus stood behind the earliest building campaign of the castle in Szigliget. Investigations by László Gere have demonstrated that there was a relatively large castle built in the thirteenth century, which confirms its possible function as a place of refuge. His study also addressed the issue why a Benedictine monastery was assigned by the king to build the castle, and why it was finally taken back from them by the ruler. It has been suggested that in addition to the building project of the Szigliget castle perhaps the construction of Zengővár, another thirteenth-century castle-refuge, situated on the estate of the Abbey of Pécsvárad, may be similarly connected to Abbot Favus. Since there are just a few documents available on the thirteenth-century history of Pécsvárad, and there is no evidence at all concerning Zengővár, nor is it possible to date its construction archaeologically to the thirteenth century, the author wished to pull out in her article only a few presumptions. She thinks that the castle was built most probably after the Mongol invasion, during which the monastery was not left unharmed, and fearing from another attack the local population started constructing a castle. The similarly large precinct of the two castles, otherwise unusual for the period, reinforces the idea that both were built by the same abbot, Favus. The fact that Zengővár remained unfinished might also be explained by the circumstance that Favus meanwhile was elected as the abbot of Pannonhalma. The topic, however, requires further research, and - due to space limitations - the author also did not discuss the fortification of the monastery of Pannonhalma, which might be also connected to the same person, Favus. 464
