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Zalavár

Zalavár () is a village in south-western Hungary, located in Zala County. It is located around southwest of Lake Balaton.

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Settlement.official_name: Zalavár
Settlement.image_skyline: Zalavár - Convent.jpg
Settlement.image_caption: Remains of the Romanesque basilica in Zalavár
Settlement.image_flag: Flag of Zalavár.svg
Settlement.image_shield: HUN Zalavár COA.svg
Settlement.shield_size: 80px
Settlement.pushpin_map: Hungary
Settlement.pushpin_map_caption: Location of Zalavár
Settlement.subdivision_type: Country
Settlement.subdivision_name: Hungary
Settlement.subdivision_type1: Region
Settlement.subdivision_name1: [[]]
Settlement.subdivision_type2: County
Settlement.subdivision_type3: District
Settlement.subdivision_name3: Keszthely
Settlement.area_total_km2: 31.06
Settlement.population_density_km2: auto
Settlement.timezone1: CET

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Zalavár () is a village in south-western Hungary, located in Zala County. It is located around southwest of Lake Balaton.

==Name== According to written sources the settlement was called 'Mosapurc' in the 9th century, "Mosapurc regia civitate". It was also known as Moosburg, Urbs Paludarum, Braslavespurch and Blatengrad in medieval records. The medieval settlement is known in modern sources as Blatnohrad (Slovak), Blatnograd, Блатноград (Serbo-Croatian and Bulgarian). Ján Kollár called it Salavár in his travel book and described the state of the ruins in 1841.