3/38.- Budapest, Castle Hill

You can see here the Buda Royal Castle --which we’ll visit later. This castle has a long history. The first castle was almost completely destroyed in 1686, in the war to recover the city of Buda from the Turks. In 1715 a modest Baroque palace was constructed to replace the Gothic one. The Castle was expanded in the following century, and in 1790 the Palace was almost completed --minor extensions were made later.

We’ll now take a tramway, cross the bridge and visit the Castle District ...

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