PHOTOS: Sensational artefacts have been discovered in Buda Castle!
Sensational archaeological finds have been discovered from the Middle Ages in Buda Castle as the former Honvéd High Command building is being rebuilt to its former glory.
The renovation of the former Honvéd High Command building in Buda Castle began in early 2022 with archaeological excavations. The archaeologists’ latest finds were shown by the Castle Administration, pestbuda.hu reports.
Life in medieval Buda
Archaeologists found artefacts from the late Árpádian era of the 13th century until the rule of Sigismund of Luxembourg (1387-1437). Although the excavation was carried out in a relatively narrow strip of land south of the High Command building that is being renovated, the small area also yielded a rich assemblage of finds.
But how could such rich findings be excavated from a small strip of land? First, the inhabitants of Buda in the Middle Ages were among the wealthiest of the Hungarian population, and they had their own dumpsters.
“It was common practice at the time for the inhabitants of Várhegy to throw their damaged and redundant objects into cellar cavities, storage pits no longer in use or dried-up wells. The waste accumulated over the centuries is now turning up real treasures,” reads the Castle Administration’s briefing.
Sensational finds
The excavated fragments of medieval glass dripping cups and bottles made in Venice, Italy, in the 14th and 15th centuries, testify to the wealthy, well-equipped households of families living near the royal palace.
