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History of Vajdahunyad Castle Budapest. Although the Vajdahunyad Castle in the City Park may look like a historical building telling eerie tales, dating back to the medieval times, the Budapest Vajdahunyad Castle was in fact built over a 1. Hungarian State in 1.

Millennial Exhibition, along with such Budapest attractions as the Millennial Monument on Heroes’ Square, or the Fisherman’s Bastion on the Buda Castle Hill. Vajdahunyad Castle with the Drained Lake on Google Maps (now refilled)The main venue of the 1. Millennial Expo of Budapest was the City Park (Varosliget).

And if you expect to visit a Haunted Castle, facing the dark side of history with vampires, phantoms and ghosts, you will be slightly disappointed to learn that the castle is a friendly museum of agriculture, and has never been an actual royal or noble residence. But still a great place to visit! And let’s the history of the building. Design of Ignac Alpar Vajdahunyad Castle Budapest – Source: Budapest.

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City. Org. The whole nation was in a feverish preparation to celebrate the 1. Expo had to be held one year later (Hungarian astronomists set the date of the Magyar Conquest in 8. Exhibition was in fact the 1. The original building of the Vajdahunyad Castle (officially called in 1. Historical Building Complex, i. Tortenelmi Epuletcsoport) was just a temporary structure made of wooden planks and cardboard designs.

Even its plain name was descriptive signifying that it is nothing more than a complex of various historical buildings. Ignac Alpar designed the building of Vajdahunyad Var, which is actually the name of an old Hungarian Gothic Castle in Hunyadvar hence Vajda- Hunyadvar (Hunyadvar was part of Austria- Hungary before 1. Romania). Vajdahunyad Castle Budapest in 1. Frigyes Schoch Photography (Fortepan)But the Hungarians loved the building so much that it was eventually built from permanent materials (between 1. Jak Portal in Vajdahunyad Castle Budapest 1. Source: Fortepan. The name . The design of Ignac Alpar contains the architectural details of 2.

The castle has three main parts architecturally: Romanesque Middle Ages in Vajdahunyad Castle Budapest. Vajdahunyad Castle Budapest, Romanesque Portal Jak – Kotomi Yamamura Photography. The oldest part of the Vajdahunyad Castle is the Romanesque style from the 1.

Hungary. The Church of Jak village is located in western Hungary, near the Austrian border, and is in fact a huge basilica, which cannot be seen in the Vajdahunyad Castle where only the fascinating gate was copied rather than the whole building. The Church of Jak was in fact the monumental basilica of the Benedictine monastery, most probably finished in 1. The church was picked as the best representation of the Romanesque architecture in Hungary (somehow it managed to survive the many battles against the Ottoman Turks, the fires and other damages).

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The church in Jak was considerably restored in the late 1. Frigyes Schulek, the designer of the Fisherman’s Bastion (which was inspired by the Romanesque style).

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The exact replica of the Portal of the Church of Jak shows the characteristic church gates of the 1. Gothic style where the portal was the main location for adding sculpted figures and images of the Bible. Vajdahunyad Castle Budapest, Romanesque Portal Jak – Kotomi Yamamura Photography. You can see the elaborate carved Portal with narrowing .

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This is the main gate of the church decorated with geometric Norman style motifs. Over the portal, you can see Jesus on the throne sided by two angels. The tympanum over the portal shows the life size figures of the 1. Jesus. 2 of the apostles did only get place on the facade, outside the tympanum. Next to the Portal, you can see the Madonna, and Samson’s fight with the lion. The Chapel of Jak (Jaki kapolna) is extended with a medieval style .

You can contact the Jak Chapel on Monday, Wednesday and Friday from 1. Weddings in Jak Chapel Budapest need to be booked 6 months in advance. Romanesque Cloister, Vajdahunyad Castle Budapest – Kontiki Wikipedia Photo. Gothic Architecture in Vajdahunyad Castle Budapest. Gothic in Vajdahunyad Castle Varosliget Budapest – Kieran Lynam Photography. Then comes the Gothic age, the 1. Castle of Vajdahunyad, whose characteristic turrets and wooden beams strike the visitors as the leading theme.

No wonder the whole structure of the castle has been named after the Gothic part – by the locals. Vajdahunyad Castle, thought by many the home of Count Dracula, was once a part of the Hungarian state (the Austro- Hungarian Empire), called the King of Castles. Thus it was chosen in 1. Hungarian Gothic.

Now if you look for it on the map, you need to google Hunedoara (Hunyadvar in Hungarian) to find it in Transylvania, Romania, where the magnificent historical castle stands on a rock soaring over the river Zlasti. Hunyadi Family, Hunyadi Castle. The land where the castle was built was a gift from King Sigismund, Hungarian monarch to the grandfather of King Matthias, aka Matthias Hunyadi (whose Matthias Church you can see on the Buda Castle Hill) in 1.

King Matthias’ father, Janos Hunyadi erected the enormous and beautiful Gothic castle as a noble place for the knights, with tall, strong defense towers, drawbridge, Knights’ Hall, Capistrano Tower, Drummers’ Tower, etc. The original Vajdahunyad Castle was probably the expanded version of the castle built by King Charles I of Hungary (known as the Corvin Castle) built on a previous fortification. He was a fine knight indeed, fighting the thousands of Turks attacking from the south to occupy Europe. It was his fights and knights that were encouraged by the papal decree to ring the Christian church bells at noon for defending Christendom. That said, the original Vajdahunyad Castle (belonging to Romania since 1. Treaty of Trianon) must have been unbearably noisy with shrieks when John Hunyadi was torturing Turks, or other enemies, like Vlad the Impaler (who himself was named after the torturing technique he used with round headed oiled impaling rods). Count Dracula in Vajdahunyad Castle.

Was the creator of Count Dracula, the vampire lord indeed inspired by Vajdahunyad Castle? Did Bram Stoker visit the Castle?

Who was Count Dracula, and did he reside in the castle or was he kept there? Can you meet Dracula in the Budapest Vajdahunyad Castle?

Shadow of Nosferatu – Source: Wikimedia. Dracula (almost titled The Undead) was published in 1. Vampire Diaries or the Twilight saga, the vampire themed fantasy romance and horror comedy series. The manuscript now belongs to the co- founder of Microsoft. Dracula’s character was most probably inspired by Vlad the Impaler, the 1. Transylvanian prince, also known as Vlad III Dracul of Wallachia, who was imprisoned by John Hunyadi in Vajdahunyad Castle for years.

Besides keeping him behind bars, John Hunyadi was also said to have killed his father, Vlad II Dracul. Bela Lugosi as Count Dracula – Source: Wikimedia. Bram Stoker pictured his Dracula living in the castle of Vajdahunyad, or maybe a similar castle somewhere in the dark and stark hills of Transylvania. What we know today is that before setting down to write his Dracula, Bram Stoker met .

Stoker, who was a skilled journalist, made Dracula the Vampire a 3. D figure, putting believable diary entries, letters and even telegrams and newspaper clippings into his story. Nosferatu, the first silent film about Dracula came out as early as 1. Dracula starring the Hungarian actor, Bela Lugosi (who was buried in his Dracula cape in 1. See if you can find his bust in Vajdahunyad Castle Budapest. Now the Gothic Building Complex within the Budapest Vajdahunyad Castle also include the following buildings from the 1. Hungarian state (in addition to the Neboisa Tower, the Hunyadi Loggias, or the Knight’s Hall of the original Vajdahunyad Castle): the smaller replica of the Shrine of the Zapolya Chapel, Dome Facade, the Apostle Tower of the Segesvar Castle.

Renaissance and Baroque in Vajdahunyad Castle Budapest. Baroque in Vajdahunyad Castle Budapest – Kotomi Yamamura Photography.

The 1. 6th – 1. 8th century Renaissance and Baroque buildings are blended exquisitely, merging the elements of rich palaces in royal Hungary and Austria Hungary. The Baroque building is the main home of the Museum of Agriculture. The Baroque palace is the replica of Austrian palaces in the Austro- Hungarian empire. The cupola over the main entrance was inspired by the Karoly Gate in Gyulafehervar. The Katalin Gate is from Brasov (Brasso in Hungarian, Kronstadt in German), with the balcony from the Town Hall of Bartfa. The German facade viewed from the lake reflects the German architectural style with sgrafittos, featuring the 5.

German Tower topped with an onion dome (often found in Eastern Europe, Germany, Austria, Russia, etc. The early French renaissance influence is shown on the French Tower with a dolphin atop. Baroque in Vajdahunyad Castle City Park Budapest – Top. Budapest. Org Photography.

Museum of Agriculture in Vajdahunyad Castle. Hungarian Agricultural Museum in Vajdahunyad Castle.

The building of Vajdahunyad Var in the City Park has always been the home of the Hungarian Agricultural Museum, since 1. The Museum (Magyar Mezogazdasagi Muzeum) is in fact the biggest agricultural museum in Europe. There are 8 permanent exhibitions in the museum with detailed historical exhibits of the main aspects of agriculture, Wine Making, Fishing, Gardening, Animal Breeding, Forestry, Environmentalism, etc. Permanent exhibitions are always on, extended by exhibits of temporary displays of various topics (e. Water, the Source of Life, or the History of the Legendary Hungarian Race Horse, Kincsem)In addition to the exhibitions, the Museum hosts a wide range of cultural festivals (Carnival, Christmas Market), food fairs, wine events, concerts, children activities, etc. The castle courtyards belong to the local Zuglo Municipality, District XIV of Budapest. Vajdahunyad Castle in the City Park Budapest.

Boating Lake Vajdahunyad Castle Budapest 1. Source: Fortepan.