Roads are an inseparable part of human life. Linking settlements from time immemorial, they were also used for the transportation of goods and the dispatch of important information by messengers. Although, at the first half of the 16th century, Hungary was at the threshold of a new era, this was accompanied by the permanent threat of attack by the Turkish as a result of the loss of the Battle of Mohács in 1526. Ferdinand I and the richest Hungarian aristocrat of the time, John Zapolski, duelled for the Hungarian crown. As they were both crowned, Hungary was ruled by the two...