Ozora is a

village A village is a clustered human settlement or community, larger than a hamlet but smaller than a town (although the word is often used to describe both hamlets and smaller towns), with a population typically ranging from a few hundred to ...

in Tolna,

Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a ...

. It has been notable since the

Middle Ages In the history of Europe, the Middle Ages or medieval period lasted approximately from the late 5th to the late 15th centuries, similar to the post-classical period of global history. It began with the fall of the Western Roman Empire a ...

, when Pipo of Ozora built a castle at this site by permission of

Sigismund of Hungary Sigismund of Luxembourg (15 February 1368 – 9 December 1437) was a monarch as King of Hungary and Croatia (''jure uxoris'') from 1387, King of Germany from 1410, King of Bohemia from 1419, and Holy Roman Emperor from 1433 until his death in 1 ...

in 1416.

Artúr Görgei Artúr Görgei de Görgő et Toporc (born Arthur Görgey; hu, görgői és toporci Görgei Artúr, german: Arthur Görgey von Görgő und Toporc; 30 January 181821 May 1916) was a Hungarian military leader renowned for being one of the great ...

won an important victory in this area at the Battle of Ozora during the 1848 Revolution. In recent times, it has become famous for the psychedelic Ozora Festival, which has been held annually since 2004 on an estate in Ozora near the small village Dádpuszta.

Notable residents

* Filippo Buondelmonti degli Scolari, also known as

Pippo Spano }, bg, Филип Маджарин). Annotations ). References Sources * * * External links {{Authority control 1369 births 1426 deaths Nobility from Florence 14th-century Hungarian people 15th-century Hungarian people 14th-centur ...

(1369 – 1426), Italian magnate, general, strategist and confidant of King

Gallery

Image:Ozora - Castle.jpg, The castle of Pippo of Ozora Image:CivertanOzora2.jpg Image:CivertanOzora.jpg

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Populated places in Tolna County Castles in Hungary Buildings and structures in Tolna County {{Tolna-geo-stub