Castles & Palaces
Hungary castle landscape

4 historic sites

Castles in Hungary

Budapest Buda Castle crowns a limestone ridge above the Danube, flanked by Baroque palaces and medieval ruins.…

Buda Castle and its green dome above the Danube at dusk, with the Chain Bridge illuminated
UNESCO

hungary · Budapest

Buda Castle

Budapest's crown above the Danube — a royal palace, a UNESCO panorama and a thousand years of Hungarian history

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Esztergom Castle and Basilica above the Danube Bend on the Hungarian-Slovak border

hungary · Komárom-Esztergom County, Danube Bend

Esztergom Castle

Hungary's first royal capital — birthplace of King Stephen and cradle of a nation

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Eger Castle on its hill above the Baroque city, with the Eger Valley visible beyond

hungary · Northern Hungary

Eger Castle

Where 2,000 Hungarians held off 80,000 Ottomans — the siege of 1552 that became Hungary's national legend

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Excavated courtyard of Visegrád Royal Palace on the Danube Bend in Hungary

hungary · Pest County, Danube Bend

Visegrád Royal Palace

The Renaissance palace of Matthias Corvinus — once the most splendid court north of the Alps

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