Corvino Castle (Romanian Castelul Huniazilor or Castelul CorvineÅŸtilor, Hungarian Vajdahunyad vára, German Schloss Eisenmarkt) is a castle in the Transylvanian city of Hunedoara, Romania.
Located on the Hill of San Pietro, dominating the ZlaÅŸti river, until 1541 it was part of the domains of the Kingdom of Hungary, and then passed to the territories of the Principality of Transylvania. Transylvania's most notable Gothic monument, it is believed to be the place where Vlad the Impaler was held captive by Mattia Corvinus for the seven years following his capture in 1462.
A first castle was built on this site in the 14th century by the Vlaicu, who built their fortified residence there. It had polygonal walls that followed the hilly back.
The castle, passed to the Hunyadi family as a gift from Emperor Sigismund, was massively renovated and enlarged. Giovanni Hunyadi undertook the reconstruction in two phases, between 1446 and 1453.
The structure is clearly Gothic, but it also has many Renaissance architectural elements due to the successor, his son Mattia Corvino, who wanted to transform it into a Renaissance princely residence. Other minor changes were made in the Baroque period by Gabriele Bethlen.
Corvin Castle was built at the end of the Middle Ages and is designed in the Gothic-Renaissance style. It is one of the largest medieval castles in Europe.
It has a large and imposing structure with high towers, bastions, an internal courtyard, roofs of different colors and rows of windows and balconies decorated with stone carvings. The Buzdugan Tower was built for defensive purposes. Its exterior is decorated with geometric elements.
The castle served as a fortress until the mid-14th century, when it became the residence of the Transylvanian voivode, Iancu de Hunedoara.
Corvin Castle
Address: Curtea Corvineștilor nr. 1-3, 331141
Phone: +40 786 048 718
Site:
http://www.castelulcorvinilor.ro/Location inserted by
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