PHOTOS: Renewed Buda Castle will look astonishing

Buda Castle is one of the jewels of the Hungarian capital watching over the city from the Buda Hill on the right bank of the Danube River. It has a Medieval core, and probably the most spectacular part is the Royal Palace. It is now being renewed and will look jaw-dropping when finished. Check out the details and some photos below.

According to pestbuda.hu, the Northern wing of the Royal Palace will be reestablished to its original, end-19th century state and outlook. The project reached a new milestone since work started, even in the Hunyadi garden, where the subcontractor will dismantle some buildings created in the 1960s. Recently, they found a part of the palace’s original facade, which will help in authentic reconstruction.

The professionals use special hoisting equipment to clear the area from construction debris, but people can use the Hunyadi garden undisturbedly.

During the palace’s rebuilding in the 1960s, the implementer removed the original interior and exterior decorations and changed the building’s outlook. For example, they terminated the entrance from Szent György Square and extended the Northern building wing with three window axis. In the interior, the Communist leadership of Hungary did incomprehensible damage.

Museums, libraries in the Buda Castle

The Museum of the Hungarian Workers’ Movement moved into building A in 1974 and remained there until 1989-1990, the fall of the Central European Communist regimes. The museum left the Buda Castle in 1997. Ludwig Museum moved in until 2005 when they moved out to the Müpa, the Budapest Palace of Arts. The main building of the castle hosts Hungary’s Széchenyi Library.

The renovation of the Buda Castle started in the framework of the Nemzeti Hauszmann Program (National Hauszmann Program). The project’s main goal is to recreate the original buildings in the heart of Budapest.

Here are some photos of the ongoing work: