That "food court" market made me hungry. Heroe's Square and City Park were amazing. A 300-acre park in the middle of a large city can't be beat. The lighting throughout those ghetto bars is trippy in a good way. Back in my party days, I would have spent a lot of time there doing a "pub crawl".😂 Thanks, Ron!❤
The castle in the city park is NOT a copy of the Corvin castle in Romania. First of all it is a copy of a DOZEN famous Hungairan buildings from across the whole of Hungary (former Hungarian Kingdom) to exibit in one place all these magnificent buildings during the millenial Expo at the end of the XIX century. And indeed one of those buildings is Hunyad castle, home of one of the greatest Hungarian kings, Mathias Corvinus aka Matyas Hunyadi. And it is also true the area where the castle is was seized by Romania in WWI from Hungary
Thanks for your input Freeboxkurt. Different sources emphasize different aspects of the castle's origination. Here's an excerpt from Wikipedia, whose entry provides some nuance: "Vajdahunyad Castle (Hungarian: Vajdahunyad vára) is a castle in the City Park of Budapest, Hungary. It is a copy of Hunyad Castle, known as Corvin Castle (Romanian: Castelul Corvinilor), in Hunedoara, Romania. It was built in 1896[1] as part of the Millennial Exhibition which celebrated the 1,000 years of Hungary since the Hungarian Conquest of the Carpathian Basin in 895. The castle was designed by Ignác Alpár to feature copies of several landmark buildings from different parts of the Kingdom of Hungary, especially the Hunyad Castle in Transylvania (now in Romania). As the castle contains parts of buildings from various time periods, it displays different architectural styles: Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque. Originally, it was made from cardboard and wood, but it became so popular that it was rebuilt from stone and brick between 1904 and 1908. Today, it houses the Museum of Hungarian Agriculture, the biggest agricultural museum in Europe.[2]"
The legend is back... Thanks for showing us around these marvelous places... Btw, your editing keeps getting better every time, keep the vids coming!
Thanks Sanguis! Keeping enjoying.
That "food court" market made me hungry. Heroe's Square and City Park were amazing. A 300-acre park in the middle of a large city can't be beat. The lighting throughout those ghetto bars is trippy in a good way. Back in my party days, I would have spent a lot of time there doing a "pub crawl".😂 Thanks, Ron!❤
Yes, Jack. Really cool place.
The castle is located in Transylvania, which is currently under Ro(u)manian occupation.
And it has nothing to do with Vlad Tepes.
The castle in the city park is NOT a copy of the Corvin castle in Romania. First of all it is a copy of a DOZEN famous Hungairan buildings from across the whole of Hungary (former Hungarian Kingdom) to exibit in one place all these magnificent buildings during the millenial Expo at the end of the XIX century. And indeed one of those buildings is Hunyad castle, home of one of the greatest Hungarian kings, Mathias Corvinus aka Matyas Hunyadi. And it is also true the area where the castle is was seized by Romania in WWI from Hungary
Thanks for your input Freeboxkurt. Different sources emphasize different aspects of the castle's origination. Here's an excerpt from Wikipedia, whose entry provides some nuance:
"Vajdahunyad Castle (Hungarian: Vajdahunyad vára) is a castle in the City Park of Budapest, Hungary. It is a copy of Hunyad Castle, known as Corvin Castle (Romanian: Castelul Corvinilor), in Hunedoara, Romania. It was built in 1896[1] as part of the Millennial Exhibition which celebrated the 1,000 years of Hungary since the Hungarian Conquest of the Carpathian Basin in 895. The castle was designed by Ignác Alpár to feature copies of several landmark buildings from different parts of the Kingdom of Hungary, especially the Hunyad Castle in Transylvania (now in Romania). As the castle contains parts of buildings from various time periods, it displays different architectural styles: Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque. Originally, it was made from cardboard and wood, but it became so popular that it was rebuilt from stone and brick between 1904 and 1908. Today, it houses the Museum of Hungarian Agriculture, the biggest agricultural museum in Europe.[2]"