Exercise 3 - Eger's two roles (sample answer) 1552: the castle held out under Istvan Dobo against an Ottoman army, which withdrew; the story became a national memory (Gardonyi's novel, 1901). 1596-1687: Eger fell and was ruled by the Ottomans; the minaret dates from that period (check). A visitor can see both: the castle on its hill and the minaret in the town. Keeping both stories in view is the honest reading of the town.