Royal Palace and Gothic Statues of Medieval Buda [antikvár]

!L CAS1TJJ .O ÜI BVmcm^A IO ÉULI GfA-ri i» l VW-NBSíMO rii T TŐRE W WVXA imétAJh ^rZa&r^ftBuda Castle at the time of the 1686 siege. Copperplate engraving by M. Wening, after L. N. Hallart's drawing SOMÉ WORDS ON THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE TOWN BUDA: HOW THE GOTIHIC ROYAL CASTLE WAS BUILT AND HOW LT WAS DESTROYED The Budapest Historical Museum found a new home in the southermost wing of the ancient Royal Castle in 1967. This is the oldest part built in the 18-19th centuries in Baroque, New-Renaissance and New-Baroque style. The main part of the museum is situated above the ruins-uncovered since 1948-whose walls were destroyed during the sieges, having liberated the town from the Turkish rule in the 16-17th centuries. The very scarcely conserved remnants of these Gothic buildings can be seen in the basement. In the same exhibition area are on display the remains of the cultural and artistic life of the medieval courtlife. Here we can see tl\e most characteristic objects of art-both from archeological and art-historical point of view, which were found in the course of excavations carried out after the Second World War: remnants of buildings, carved stones from the ancient Gothic and Renaissance palaces; ornate glazed tiles, bevelled bricks and the gallery of the Gothic torsos. But before taking a view of the exhibition, let's get acquainted-although in a furtive way-with the history of the Buda Castle-which had to endure twenty-four sieges during its seven centuries of existence-the story, how the royal residence was built in Gothic and Renaissance style-and how it got devastated.