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The Huniade Castle (Romanian: Castelul Huniade; Hungarian: Hunyadi-kastély; German: Schloss Hunyadi) is the oldest monument in Timișoara, Romania, built between 1443 and 1447 by John Hunyadi and Paolo Santini de Duccio over the old royal castle dating from the 14th century (built during the reign of Charles I Robert). [1]
Corvin Castle, also known as Hunyadi Castle or Hunedoara Castle (Romanian: Castelul Huniazilor or Castelul Corvinilor; Hungarian: Vajdahunyadi vár), is a Gothic-Renaissance castle in Hunedoara, Romania. It is considered one of the largest castles in Europe and is featured as one of the Seven Wonders of Romania. [1] [2] [3]
V The Castle Bastion, designed to protect the Huniade Castle, had one orillon directed to the Petrovaradin Gate. [144] VI The Mercy Bastion, which flanked the Petrovaradin Gate to the west and protected the barracks of the fortification service and the dermatology hospital. It had orillons and the right flank was protected by an artillery platform.
Maramureș (7). Apafi Castle, Coștiui Blomberg Castle, Gârdani Chioar Fortress (Kővár vára), BerchezoaiaSeini Fortress, Seini Teleki Castle, Coltău Teleki Castle, Pribilești
Following the conquest of Timișoara by the Habsburgs in 1716, they demolished all the buildings, except for the Huniade Castle, but it was rebuilt differently in 1856 after the destruction suffered during the siege of 1849. The building, originally in Baroque style, is square in shape. [3] The facade towards the square had one floor and an attic.
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The founder of the family, Voyk, received the eponymous Hunyad Castle (in present-day Hunedoara, Romania) from Sigismund, King of Hungary, in 1409. His ethnicity is the subject of scholarly debate. Some modern historians describe him as a Vlach, or Romanian, knez or boyar, from either Wallachia or Transylvania.
Hunyadi Castle, a medieval castle of the Hunyadi family in Transylvania in the Kingdom of Hungary, (today Hunedoara, Romania) John Hunyadi (c. 1406–1456), Hungarian general and Regent-Governor of the Kingdom of Hungary; Ladislaus Hunyadi (1431–1457), Hungarian statesman; Matthias Hunyadi (1443–1490), King of Hungary