Visit Corvin /Hunyad Castle!

The Hunyad Castle is a castle in Transylvanian Hunedoara, present-day Romania.
In the 14th century, the castle was given to John Hunyadi Serb, or Sorb by Sigismund king of Hungary as severance. The castle was restored between 1446 and 1453 by his grandson John Hunyadi. It was built mainly in Gothic style, but has Renaissance and Baroque architectural elements. It features tall and strong defense towers, an interior yard and a drawbridge. Built over the site of an older fortification and on a rock above the small river Zlasti, the castle is a large and imposing building with tall and diversely colored roofs, towers and myriad windows and balconies adorned with stone carvings.

As one of the most important properties of John Hunyadi, the castle was transformed during his reign. It became a sumptuous home, not only a strategically enforced point. With the passing of the years, the masters of the castle had modified its look, adding towers, halls and guest rooms. The gallery and the keep - the last defense tower (called "Ne boisa" = Do not be afraid), which remained unchanged from Iancu de Hunedoara's time, and the Capistrano Tower (named after the Franciscan monk from the castle court) are some of the most significant parts of the construction. Other significant parts of the building are the Knights' Hall (a great reception hall), the Club Tower, the White bastion, which served as a food storage room, and the Diet Hall, on whose walls medallions are painted (among them there are the portraits of Matei Basarab, ruler from Wallachia, and Vasile Lupu, ruler of Moldavia). In the wing of the castle called the Mantle, a painting can be seen which portrays the legend of the raven from which the name of the descendants of John Hunyadi, Corvinus came.

In the castle yard, near the chapel built also during Vlad The Third's ruling, is a well 30 meters deep. The legend says that this fountain was dug by twelve Turkish prisoners to whom liberty was promised if they reached water. After 15 years they completed the well, but their captors did not keep their promise. It is said that the inscription on a wall of the well means "you have water, but not soul". Specialists, however, have translated the inscription as "he who wrote this inscription is Hasan, who lives as slave of the giaours, in the fortress near the church".

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hunyad_Castle

http://www.castelulcorvinilor.ro/

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[camiciavip]

da ITALIANO ,Lultima volta che sono stato al castello di CORVIN, e stato circa un anno fa e devo dire che e molto bello anzi sono rimasto molto contento della vista.

[gabidra1]

@camiciavip , multumesc, ma bucur sa stiu ca vin multi turisti.

[becui]

this castle was a stronghold....

[gabidra1]

You are right.

It was a stronghold for some centuries,later it was used as office for administration of the Iron factory.

[RoDacian]

Pentru ca eu stiu si un pic de istorie, asa ca am aflat ca au murit oameni ca noi sa ii putem spune corect Corvin. Poti sa stergi comentariile, nu vreau neaparat sa pornesc o contradictie nationalista aici. Ti-am dat 5 stele oricum.

[OsmanOsmanHan]

Interesting that we did not destroy it when conquering it.The inhabitants surrendered?

[tengere]

@RoDacian

da, tatal lui Marei si lui Laszlo, ca avea doi fii

[hungarian6568]

@utilitate Ha beszelni akarsz hozzam, vagy netan tudatni velem valamit amit talan meg nem tudnek, hat irj magyarul vagy angolul ha lehet!

[utilitate]

@hungarian6568 nu am vrut sa supar nu stiu ungureste si nici nu am nimic cu ungurii

[hungarian6568]

@utilitate Nagyon szep, csak tudnam mit irtal.....

[utilitate]

@hungarian6568 si pamantul e frumos de var inghiti

[Alufear]

Beautiful castle. Is anyone else quietly humming "Vampire Killer" from Castlevania to themselves? :)

[MeganBennett100]

Thank you so, so much for the description. I was looking at it and thought I was going crazy for thinking it had both Gothic and Baroque features to it. Now I know I'm not wrong. I'm also writing about this castle in one of my short stories that I make for fun. I could find nothing as detailed about the castle as this. Thank you, again :)