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Barbican and Bishop’s Palace, Pécs, Hungary
The Barbican is a 15th century bastion. It was part of the former wall-system of the Bishop’s Palace. It was built on the advice of Pál Kinizsi, when the general visited Pécs in 1498, as part of the preparations against Turkish occupation. The Barbican – a circular gate-tower, sitting on a narrow base – had a side-entrance, which was meant to be used by the defenders to attack offenders from the side. The circular bastion has a hallway behind arrow-slits, it is surrounded by a moat, and a drawbridge leads to its entrance. Its cable system is still there.

King Saint Stephen established the Bishopric of Pécs in 1009. The origins of the Palace reach back to the twelfth century. First it was inhabited by the French Bishop Bonipert and later on by the Hungarian Bishop Mor. Later on, in the 15th-16th century, it was reconstructed in Renaissance style, while Bishop György Klimó had it rebuilt entirely between 1751 and 1770.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A9cs
http://www.pecs.hu/