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MOHACS
, a See also:market See also:town of See also:Hungary, in the See also:county of Baranya, 115 M
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S. of See also:Budapest
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Pop
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(1900), 15,812
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It is situated on the right See also:bank of the See also:Danube, and carries on a brisk See also:trade in See also:wine and the agricultural produce of the neighbourhood
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Amongst its See also:principal buildings are an old See also:castle and the summer See also:palace of the See also:bishop of See also:Pecs
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Mohacs is famous in the See also:history of Hungary by the two fateful battles which took See also:place in the See also:plain situated about 3 M. See also:south-See also:west of the town, and marked the beginning and the See also:close of the See also:Turkish dominion in Hungary
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In the first (Aug
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29, 1526) the Hungarian See also:army under See also:
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