Budapest - Castle Vajdahunyad

(Local Name: Vajdahunyad vára) After leaving City Woodland Park, along Hosök tere the visitor will see, on an island in the lake, a castle-like complex of buildings with a castle-gate, spires, gables and battlements. However, the medieval appearance is deceptive - like the neighboring Heroes' Square and a number of other buildings in Budapest, it was in fact built on the occasion of the Millenary Festival in 1896. The architect was I. Alpár, whose monument stands outside the entrance. He tried to combine in the one building a number of architectural features characteristic of Hungary. The pseudo-medieval castle was modelled on that of Hunyadi, the conqueror of the Turks, which can be seen in the present-day