Editing Battle of Mohács (section)

==Legacy==
[[File:Mohácsi Történelmi Emlékpark 11.jpg|thumbnail|Markers at the Mohacs Monument show where bodies of nobles, knights, soldiers, and horses were found]]
Mohács is seen by many Hungarians as the decisive downward turning point in the country's history, a [[national trauma]] that persists in the nation's [[folk memory]]. To indicate magnitude of bad luck at hand, Hungarians still say: "more was lost at Mohács" ({{langx|hu|Több is veszett Mohácsnál}}). Hungarians view Mohács as marking the end of Hungary as an independent and powerful European nation.<ref>Stanislava Kuzmová, "The Memory of the Jagiellonians in the Kingdom of Hungary, and in Hungarian and Slovak National Narratives." in ''Remembering the Jagiellonians'' (Routledge, 2018) pp. 71–100.</ref>

Whilst Mohács was a decisive loss, it was the aftermath that truly put an end to fully independent Hungary. The ensuing two hundred years of near constant warfare between the two empires, Habsburg and Ottoman, turned Hungary into a perpetual battlefield and its territories were split into three parts. The countryside was regularly ravaged by armies moving back and forth, in turn devastating the population.<ref>Peter F. Sugar et al., ''A History of Hungary''  (1990) pp. 83–85.</ref> Only in the 19th century would [[Austro-Hungarian Compromise of 1867|Hungary reestablish its former boundaries]], with full independence from Habsburg rule coming only after the [[First World War]]. 
The battlefield, beside the village of [[Sátorhely]], became an official national historical memorial site in 1976 on the 450th anniversary of the battle. The memorial was designed by architect [[György Vadász]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://hungarystartshere.com/gen?genid=11372 |title=Historical Memorial at Mohács |publisher=Hungarystartshere.com |access-date=29 August 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090124110024/http://hungarystartshere.com/gen?genid=11372 |archive-date=24 January 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> A new reception hall and exhibition building, also designed by Vadász and partially funded by the [[European Union]], was completed in 2011.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.caboodle.hu/nc/news/news_archive/single_page/article/11/crown_shaped/?tx_ttnews&#91;swords&#93;=mohacs&cHash=0cbc4daf42 |title=Visitors' center at Mohács battlefield memorial site inaugurated – Caboodle.hu |access-date=23 February 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140903064253/http://www.caboodle.hu/nc/news/news_archive/single_page/article/11/crown_shaped/?tx_ttnews& |archive-date=3 September 2014 }}</ref>