Hunyadi Castle
Muzeul Castelul Huniazilor
Hunyadi Castle
Muzeul Castelul Huniazilor
Original function:
castle / fortification
Current function:
abandoned
Historical Hungarian county:
Temes
GPS coordinates:
45.7529990658, 21.2270921677
History
In 1872, the newly-appointed ispán of Temes County, Ormós Zsigmond, founded the Historical and Archaeological Society of Southern Hungary and began to research the history of Bánság. He donated his private collections to the Society's museum and left a substantial sum to the Society in his will. The History Museum had had several locations over the years, before moving into the Hunyadi Castle in 1947. It has several departments: archaeology, history and natural history (with the largest collection of birds, butterflies and rocks in Eastern Europe). Two permanent exhibitions are devoted to old violins and the history of information and telecommunications technology.
The building stands on the site of the former castle built by King Charles I of Hungary in the early 14th century, when Temesvár was the capitol of Hungary for a short period. It became the property of Hunyadi János, who had it rebuilt between 1443 and 1447. Hunyadi János was the ispán of Temes County between 1441 and 1456. Between 1552-1716, during the Turkish rule, it was the seat of the Turkish military headquarters. Afterwards it was used as an artillery barracks and ammunition store. It was ruined by the siege of 1849 and was rebuilt in its present form in 1856. The castle is a two-storey rectangular building with an inner courtyard, next to the main square. Two bastions and a Tower remained by now.
In 2008, excavations began around the castle and in the courtyard. Here archaeologists discovered the ruins of a medieval castle.
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