Buda Castle

Buda Castle
Buda Castle in 2013 with Matthias Church in the background
Location	Budapest, Hungary
Coordinates	47°29′46″N 19°02′23″E / 47.49611°N 19.03972°E / 47.49611; 19.03972
Area	4.73 km2 (1.8 sq mi)
Built	14th–20th century
Architect	Jean Nicolas Jadot, Miklós Ybl, Alajos Hauszmann
Architectural style(s)	Medieval, Baroque, Baroque Revival, Art Nouveau
UNESCO World Heritage Site
Official name	Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue
Type	Cultural
Criteria	ii, iv
Designated	1987 (11th session)
Reference no.	400-001
Region	Hungary
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Buda Castle (Hungarian: Budavári Palota, German: Burgpalast) is the historical castle and palace complex of the Hungarian Kings in Budapest. It was first completed in 1265, although the massive Baroque palace today occupying most of the site was built between 1749 and 1769. The complex in the past was referred to as either the Royal Palace (Hungarian: Királyi-palota) or the Royal Castle (Hungarian: Királyi Vár, German: Königliche Burg). The castle now houses the Hungarian National Gallery and the Budapest Historical Museum.

Buda Castle sits on the southern tip of Castle Hill, surrounded by the touristic area known as Várnegyed (Castle Quarter), which is famous for its Medieval, Baroque, and Neoclassical houses, churches, public buildings, and monuments. The hill is linked to Clark Ádám Square and the Széchenyi Chain Bridge by the Castle Hill Funicular. The castle is a part of the Budapest World Heritage Site, so declared in 1987.^[1] The original Royal Palace was ruined during World War II; it was rebuilt in a simplified Stalinist Baroque style during the Kádár era.