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Damage to a royal town on the Danube warns of seismic danger

Documents and physical evidence hint that a major earthquake struck Visegrád in Hungary, once home to kings.
Aerial view of the Salamon tower, part of the 13th century Visegrád castle ruins, on the banks of the river Danube, Hungary

Now restored, Hungary’s Salamon Tower was badly damaged by an earthquake in the sixteenth century, according to analysis of historical images. Credit: Shutterstock

Scientific sleuthing has found evidence that a large earthquake in the sixteenth century severely damaged an ancient Hungarian town — one that is close to the site of a proposed modern dam.

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Nature 595, 474 (2021)

doi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-021-01914-y

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