Vajdahunyad Castle travel guide

Originally it was made from cardboard and wood for the millennial exhibition in 1896 but it became so popular that it was rebuilt from stone and brick.

On entering the park across from Hösök tere, a castle-like building on the island in the lake immediately confronts the visitor. It has a castle gate, pointed towers, as well as gables and turrets, yet the medieval impression is misleading, for this complex was built for the millennium jubilee in 1896, just like the neighbouring Heroes’ Square and many of Budapest’s other buildings. Ignác Alpar, the builder of Vajdahunyad vára.
Vajdahunyad Castle, tried to combine numerous building styles characteristic for Hungary in one building in his project. The pseudo-medieval castle that forms the heart of the property copies the fortification of Hunyadi, the conqueror of the Turks, which today stands in Hunedoara in Rumania. The Gothic gate is flanked by a copy of a Hungarian tower to the left and, to the right, by a tower whose model stands in Sighisoara in Rumania.A chapel lies behind the Romanesque wing on the eastern side of the castle courtyard. Its portal is an exact copy of the one at the monastic church in Ják, which numbers among Hungary’s most important medieval sacred buildings. The appearance of the section to the right behind the castle gate is characterized by stylistic elements from northern Hungary and Transylvania. It begins with a Gothic wing that leads to an imposing building with Renaissance and Baroque elements.

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