The Church of the Assumption of the Buda Castle or Matthias Church in Budapest Hungary
The Church of the Assumption of the Buda Castle (Hungarian: Nagyboldogasszony-templom), more commonly known as the Matthias Church (Hungarian: Mátyás-templom), more rarely the Coronation Church of Buda, is a Catholic church located in the Holy Trinity Square, Budapest, Hungary, in front of the Fisherman's Bastion at the heart of Buda's Castle District. According to church tradition, it was originally built in Romanesque style in 1015, although few references exist. The building was constructed in the florid late Gothic style in the second half of the 14th century and was extensively restored in the late 19th century. It was the second-largest church of medieval Buda and the seventh-largest church of the medieval Hungarian Kingdom. It is a historic building with an important history. Two Kings of Hungary were crowned within its walls: Franz Joseph I of Hungary and Elisabeth, and Charles IV of Hungary and Zita of Bourbon-Parma.
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00:00The Church of the Assumption of the Buddha Castle, more commonly known as the Matthias
00:12Church, more rarely the Coronation Church of Buddha, is a Catholic church located in
00:17the Holy Trinity Square, Budapest, Hungary, in front of the Fisherman's Bastion at the
00:22heart of Buddha's Castle District. According to church tradition, it was originally built
00:27in Romanesque style in 1015, although few references exist. Two, the current building
00:33was constructed in the Florid late Gothic style in the second half of the 14th century
00:38and was extensively restored in the late 19th century. It was the second-largest church
00:43of medieval Buddha and the seventh-largest church of the medieval Hungarian kingdom.
00:48It is a historic building with an important history. Two kings of Hungary were crowned
00:52within its walls, Franz Joseph I of Hungary and Elizabeth, and Charles IV of Hungary,
00:57and Zita of Bourbon-Parma. The church was also the location of the « Marian Miracle
01:02» of Buddha. In 1686, during the siege of Buda city by the Holy League, a wall of the
01:09church, used as a mosque by the Ottoman occupiers of the city, collapsed due to cannon fire.
01:15It turned out that an old votive Madonna statue was hidden behind the wall. As the sculpture
01:19of the Virgin Mary appeared before the praying Muslims, the morale of the Muslim garrison
01:24collapsed and the city fell on the same day.
01:27The Coronation Church of Our Lady and, top left, Square of Holy Trinity with the Holy
01:31Trinity Column built in 1713. According to tradition, the first church on the site was
01:37founded by St. Stephen, King of Hungary, in 1015. This is based on an inscription erected
01:43in 1690 inside the church and burned in 1748, which some previous references seem to confirm.
01:50However, there is no clear evidence of the foundation by St. Stephen. This building was
01:55destroyed in 1241 by the Mongols. The current building was constructed in the latter half
02:00of the 13th century. Originally named after the Virgin Mary, taking names such as « The
02:05Church of Mary » and « The Church of Our Lady », since the 19th century the church
02:09has been referred to as Matthias Church. After King Matthias, who ordered the transformation
02:15of its original southern tower. Re-foundation in the 13th century King Béla IV of Hungary
02:21after the Mongol invasion, between 1255 and 1269. Replaced the older, smaller church with
02:27a towering three-nave basilica. During the first phase of construction, 1255–1260,
02:34a main shrine and auxiliary shrines were built. Under the direction of Villard de Huncourt.
02:39The first stage of the construction of the main Church of Buddha is closest relative
02:43to the Lyon Cathedral. The group of masters consisted of the builders of the Cistercian
02:48monastery of Tishnov, Czech Republic. Who traveled to Hungary after the Mongol invasion
02:54probably at the behest of the cousin of King Béla IV, Agnes of Bohemia. The reasons for
02:59the disintegration of this group around 1260 are unknown. The construction was completed
03:05through a second phase, between 1260 and 1269. The work of the second group of masters was
03:11already influenced by northern French religious architecture. Mediated by German master builders.
03:17Other works of this group are the Franciscan Keské Church in Sopron, Hungary, and the
03:21Monastery of Klosterneuburg, Austria. Probably related to the Dominican Monastery of Margaret
03:27Island, Budapest, which was the home of a daughter of Béla IV, Saint Margaret of the
03:32Arpad House. The king, out of regard for his daughter. Granted to the monastery the Jew
03:38Patronatus over the Buddha Church for some time. A representation of the church. 1448
03:44the church reached its peak in medieval prosperity during the reign of King Matthias Corvinus.
03:49The king built the southwest bell tower, one of Hungary's finest pieces of Gothic architecture.
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