It is ranked among the smallest towns of the county, even if it is famous about its historical memories, just like the Kings fountain in the town’s Main square and the House of Peace reminding of the famous historical event, the peace in Vasvár. It’s worth to visit the well-known Street of Soldiers and the Fortification of Vasvár, which parts you can see in a restructured form also today. Besides, the Black Friars Abbey and its museum offer an excellent experience for tourist as well.

The Street of Soldiers and the Fortification of Vasvár

The Fortification departs from inside Vasvár and it is extended till the Sárvíz stream, which empties in the river Zala. Probably it can exist thanks to its forestal location also nowadays. Its spread is about 12-15 m with a trench about 12 m. There you can see red soil, which justifies the existence of the one-time wooden structure, which refers to the traditional Hungarian fortifications in the X. century.
Along the embankment, 3 km far away from Vasvár in southern direction, a unique and narrow pass has opened. It is accrossed by the Street of Roman Soldiers, which wasn’t romanstructure instead of its name and it doesn’t suits the rural roman road-system. Its western installment corresponds probably with the western ale of the Amber- road. The first memories of the Street of Soldiers derive from 1515.
The road and the fortification meet at the so called Iron Gate N 47° 1,204' E 16° 48,311' [GCVASA+Vaskapu]. In front of the gate the wooden bridge provided place to accross the pass.
However, the Street of Soldiers is running straightly in eastern direction from the fortification, at the Iron Gate it has a great curve because of strategic reasons: the gate couldn’t be seen from nowhere near. The street, the fortificationa and the gate were built in one complex togehther, which were simultanenously used.

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