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Location:
Europe,
Hungary, Budapest
Category:
City
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Description:
View of the Elisabeth Bridge
and the Buda Castle, central
Budapest
Location Information:
Buda
Castle is the historical castle
complex of the Hungarian kings in
Budapest, Hungary, first completed
in 1265. In the past, it was also
called Royal Palace and Royal
Castle
Buda Castle was built on the
southern tip of Castle Hill, next to
the old Castle District which is
famous for its medieval, Baroque and
19th century houses and public
buildings. It is linked to Adam
Clark Square and the Széchenyi Chain
Bridge by the Castle Hill Funicular.
Buda Castle is part of the Budapest
World Heritage Site[1], declared in
1987.The oldest part of the
present-day palace was built in the
14th century by Prince Stephen, Duke
of Slavonia[3], the younger brother
of King Louis I of Hungary. The
Gothic palace of King Louis I was
arranged around a narrow courtyard
next to Stephen's Tower.
King Sigismund of Hungary greatly
enlarged the palace. During his long
reign it became probably the largest
Gothic palace of the late Middle
Ages. Buda was also an important
artistic centre of the International
Gothic style.
The last phase of grand-scale
building activity happened under
King Matthias Corvinus, when Italian
humanists, artists and craftsmen
arrived at Buda. The Hungarian
capital became the first centre of
Renaissance north of the Alps.
After the Battle of Mohács the
medieval Kingdom of Hungary
collapsed. On 29 August 1541 Buda
was occupied again by the Ottomans
without any resistance. The
Hungarian capital became part of the
Ottoman Empire as the seat of the
Eyalet of Budin.
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