Visegrad, guía de la ciudad

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INTRODUCCION A VISEGRAD

es un pequeňo castillo en la región de Pest. Situado al norte de Budapest, en el lado derecho del río Danubio. Visegrád es famoso por los vestigios del Palacio del Rey Matías Corvino de Hungría, procedentes de la época de Renacimiento temprano, y la citadela medieval.

COMO LLEGAR

La ciudad de Visegrad está situada en la carretera no. 11, a 43 kms de Budapest, dirección norte. Se puede llegar en coche, usando esa carretera, o en barco por el río Danubio.

QUE VER

Upper Castle

Is located on the top of a high hill. It served for the safekeeping of the Hungarian royal insignia between the 14th century and 1526. The castle was seriously damaged by the Turks and was never used afterwards. Now it is open to the public for visitors.

Solomon Tower

The Lower Castle is the part of the fortification system that connects the Upper Castle with the Danube. In its centre is situated the Solomon Tower, a large, hexagonal residential tower dating from the 13th century. In the 14th century, new curtain walls were built around the tower. The Tower houses exhibitions installed by the King Matthias Museum (Mátyás Király Múzeum) of Visegrád. The exhibitions present the reconstructed Gothic fountains from the Royal Palace, Renaissance sculpture in Visegrád, and the history of Visegrád. The Tower is 31 m high, five-storey tower with its 3,5-8 m thick walls was the country’s strongest construction.

Palace of Matthias Corvinus

The first royal house on this site was built by King Charles I of Hungary after 1325. The royal residence building is open to the public, and houses exhibitions on the history of the palace and reconstructed historical interiors.

Sibrik Hill

Near Visegrád you can find numerous remains of the `limes` protecting the province of Pannonia from the 4th century. The base of the building was deltoid-shaped and the fortification was protected by towers.

The Citadel

The Citadel is the widest-known element of the Visegrád fortress system (water fortress, lower fortress and upper fortress). The building is erected on the top of the Castle Hill, which can be seen from the distance from every direction, and it is a popular destination for Visegrád excursions and hiking tours. The irregular-shaped fortress can be accessed through the pentagon-shaped external eastern gate tower, which is located behind the car park. The Citadel had a multifunctional role: it was protecting the valley of the Danube, it was controlling the main commerical route between Buda and Esztergom, and also served as a custom’s house. The fortress consisted of two parts. It is open for the public from 1st May to 31st October each Tuesday – Sunday between 9:00 – 16:30, from 1st November to 30th April each Tuesday – Sunday between 8:00 – 15:30.

The Royal Palace

Inside the Palace are the exhibition rooms and the stone collection. These display several records from the various ages.

Görgey House

The legendary General of the War for Freedom, Artúr Görgey spent his last decades in the house number 5 Fő Street.

QUE HACER

Torneo del Caballeros

Es un programa medieval, organizado durante todo el aňo, y representado por la Orden de Caballeros de San Jorge, en el teatro al aire libre, en el castillo menor de Visegrád. A los visitantes, se les da bienvenida con una fanfarria. El espectáculo tiene lugar en el campo de batalla, situado al lado de la torre. El rey y la reina serán elegidos entre los espectadores y se pondrán los trajes y coronas reales. Luego comienza una batalla cara a cara muy verosímil, que requiere gran coraje de los caballeros medievales y a la vez una pizca de humor. Los torneos se organizan en húngaro, alemán, inglés, italiano, rumano y ruso. Durante el invierno, el espectáculo tiene lugar dentro de la Torre de Salomón y los espectadores recibirán un vaso de vino caliente o té.