The fortress is situated on a hill of volcanic origin in the very conveniently located at the junction of the mountains and lowlands. From the most ancient historical times until the end of World War castle and the town had the name of Ung, Ungvar. Since the beginning of the 14th century and most of the 15th century written sources umalkivayut of Uzhhorod castle. Only in 1499 in one of the letters of the time you receive a message kastellume Ungvar, which belonged to an Italian family of French origin - Drugets graphs. After the collapse of Hungary (1528) Uzhgorod Castle gets into a zone where political interests come into contact of the Habsburgs and the Transylvanian principality, which he often was subject to siege and assault cannon shot. During the 1703-1711 war antigabsburgskoy years under the leadership of Ferenc Rákóczi II Uzhgorod Castle, near Mukachevo, became the center of the rebels, and Miklos Bercheni - Ferenc Rákóczi the first assistant. From 1735 to 1740 the castle owned by Baron Ferenc Gyula, and after his death - in 1775 at the request of Bishop Andrew Bachinsky Maria Theresa gave the castle Mukachevo Greek-Catholic Bishopric, which transformed him into the seminary. The seminary has existed in the castle until 1944. And from 1946 to the present day in the castle is Transcarpathian museum.