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MATHIAS CHURCH (MÁTYÁS TEMPLOM)

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Szentháromság tér, Colline du Château, Ier arrondissement., Budapest, Hungary
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2024
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A superb church with an exterior that evokes the golden age of Budapest, a site steeped in history.

A superb church whose exterior is reminiscent of Budapest's golden age in the 19th century, but whose history goes back much further. Built in the Middle Ages, originally in Romanesque style, the church was remodeled in Gothic style and became a basilica with three naves in the 14th century. It was in Budavár's Church of Our Lady of the Assumption that Mathias I Corvin and Beatrice of Aragon were married in 1476. It was this same king who ordered the construction of today's Matthias Tower. In 1526, the Ottomans took Buda, the church went up in flames and its treasures were evacuated by ship to Pozsony (Bratislava, Slovakia). The Ottomans then transformed the church into a mosque and walled up a statue of the Virgin Mary. When Eugène de Savoie's troops recaptured Buda, cannon fire finally blew away the wall concealing the statue of the Virgin Mary: an event Hungarians like to call "the miracle of Buda". Legend has it that the Ottomans were so demoralized that they gave in. Ruined, the church was entrusted to the Jesuits, who undertook its partial reconstruction. In 1867, the Mátyás Church was the venue for the coronation of Franz Joseph and Sissi, who mended the royal cloak of the first Christian king, Stephen (István). The building was almost entirely rebuilt between 1873 and 1896 in neo-Gothic style by Frigyes Schulek. The interior frescoes are by Bertalan Székely and Károly Lotz.

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johnoflyon
Visited in october 2016
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Très belle église sur la colline de Budapest à proximité du Château.
L'extérieur de l'église est très photogénique: façades propres et bien conservées, toitures multicolore...
La vue depuis les remparts sur l'église et la ville en contre-bas fait partie des immanquables de Budapest.
Par temps clair et ensoleillé vous pourrez faire de nombreuses photos!
tivoli
Visited in october 2015
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C'est l'une des plus belle église que j'ai vu avec de multiples dorures. Elle est vraiment splendide et vaut le détour.
Visited in may 2016
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La plus belle église que j'ai vue dans ma vie! Wow, le prix peut en décourager certain (même si ce n'est vraiment pas cher), mais la visite en vaut la peine. On peut visiter les étages de l'église et il y a une petite expositions à l'intérieur très intéressante. Pour un supplément on peut faire la visite de la tour de l'église et monter au sommet!
Romain63118
Visited in august 2015
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Un ouvrage absolument magnifique et donc incontournable à Budapest. L'extérieur tranche avec l'intérieur, ce qui la rend d'autant plus atypique. A l'étage, vous trouverez quelques très belles pièces historiques. Étant à côté du Bastion des pêcheurs, des tickets communs se vendent pour faire les deux visites : achetez sans hésitation !
Visited in february 2016
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Superbe église, je n'ai pas visité l'intérieur mais l'extérieur vaut vraiment le détour! Les tuiles colorées sont magnifiques.

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