The medieval castle and palace complex of the Hungarian kings is located in Budapest and is known as Buda Castle. Although the huge Baroque palace that now occupies most of the site was built between 1749 and 1769, the original construction was completed in 1265. The building complex used to be known as the Royal Castle or the Royal Palace. The Budapest Historical Museum and the Hungarian National Gallery are currently located within the castle. Buda Castle is located on the southernmost point of Castle Hill and is encircled by the popular tourist destination of Várnegyed, which is well-known for its churches, monuments, homes, and structures from the Middle Ages, Baroque, and Neoclassical periods. The Castle Hill Funicular connects the hill to Clark Ádám Square and the Széchenyi Chain Bridge. In 1987, the castle was officially designated as a part of the Budapest World Heritage Site. During the Kádár era, the original Royal Palace was reconstructed in a simplified Stalinist Baroque design after being destroyed during World War II. King Béla IV of Hungary constructed the first royal home atop Castle Hill between 1247 and 1265. It is unclear if it was located close to the Kammerhof on the northern elevation or at the southernmost point of the hill. Younger brother of King Louis I of Hungary, Stephen, Duke of Slavonia, constructed the earliest portion of the current palace in the fourteenth century. The foundation of the castle keep are all that are left. Gothic residence of King Louis I was set around a small courtyard next to the fortress. King Sigismund upgraded the defenses of the palace and greatly expanded it. As the Holy Roman Emperor, Sigismund required an opulent palace to symbolize his importance among the rulers of Europe. During his lengthy rule, he made Buda Castle his principal residence, and it grew to be arguably the biggest Gothic palace of the late Middle Ages. A significant hub for the artistic development of the International Gothic style was Buda. Large-scale construction activity peaked during the reign of King Matthias Corvinus. The king completed construction on the Gothic palace in the first several decades of his reign. That is probably when the Royal Chapel and the Lower Church that still stand were constructed. Italian humanists, artists, and craftsmen came to Buda with the marriage of Matthias and Beatrice of Naples in 1476. The capital of Hungary developed into the first Renaissance hub north of the Alps. The palace was reconstructed by the king in the early Renaissance style. The humanists in the court of of Matthias Corvinus typically associated him with Hercules; panels illustrations of the exploits of the Greek hero adorned the bronze gates, and a massive bronze statue of the hero greeted visitors in the forecourt of the palace complex, the site of jousts. The palace was restored during reign of King John Zápolya. Italian military engineers constructed the Great Rondella on the southernmost point of Castle Hill. One of the primary remnants of the former palace is the circular bastion [Information and Image Credit : Buda_Castle, Wikipedia] [Wikipedia-Link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buda_Castle ] [Image : Buda Castle; Wikipedia-Image-Author : Marc Ryckaert (MJJR)] [Image is availed under Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 Unported License; (Please Relate to Individual Image URLs for More Usage Property and Sharing, Remixing or Attributing the Work)] [License-Link : https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/deed.en ] [Wikipedia-Image-Source-Link : https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Budapest_Castle_R02.jpg ] #Castles#History
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