Vajdahunyad Castle

In the City Park (Városliget), on the Széchenyi Island is a strange building complex that best resembles an enchanted castle, due to its builders trying to re-create the copy of some of the notorious historical buildings of Hungary, in honour of the 1896 Millennium Celebrations. We may follow the history of Hungarian architecture from the Roman all the way to the Baroque style via a short walk here, equivalent to an entire history of art class. The castle's name was given in honour of its most emphasized structure, the Transylvanian Vajdahunyad Castle. The very first Agricultural Museum in the world was also opened here, which can be visited even today. The renaissance-style decorative courtyard frequently hosts concerts in the summer season. Right across the entrance is one of the most popular statues of Budapest, the statue of the unknown chronicler, Anonymus capuchin. The Városliget-lake (Városligeti-tó) is most favourable for romantic boat rowing in the summer and for ice-skating in the winter.