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in 1347 and began construction of the royal palace and its defense system, which lasted two centuries. Louis's buildings were located north of Stephen's Tower, and his palace overlooked the
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led the last phase of large-scale building activity. During the first decades of his reign he finished the work on the Gothic palace, and the Royal Chapel, with the surviving
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With the expulsion of the Ottomans, reconstruction of the castle began and would continue for the next 150 years. Construction accelerated during the reign of
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in 1242. Béla surrounded the settlement with fortified walls. The neighborhood grew with Hungarians and Germans, and the first royal palace was built.
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International Politics and Warfare in the Age of Louis XIV and Peter the Great: A Guide to the Historical Literature
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was deposited, protecting from erosion. Freshwater springs formed the cavities of the
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Hungary's Castle Defense Strategy in the Aftermath of the Mongol Invasion (1241-1242)
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enlarged the palace and strengthened its fortifications. Construction on the
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For the Romanian village of Chinari, called Várhegy in Hungarian, see
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All Hungarian kings have added something to the fort or the palace.
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built the first fort on Castle Hill between 1247 and 1265 after a
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complex, corresponding with the medieval royal city of
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The hill rises to a height of 175 metres (574 ft)
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era, 4-to-10-metre (10 to 30 ft) thick layer of
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at the request of the Hungarian nobility. After the
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from the direction of the river and by bus from the
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Sântana de Mureş
Buda Castle
47°30′10″N 19°01′54″E / 47.5028°N 19.0317°E / 47.5028; 19.0317
Hungarian
Budapest
1st district
Buda Hills
Rose Hill
Castle Quarter
Buda Castle
funicular

Budapest funicular
above sea level
Danube River
Buda Hills
Gellért Hill
Rose Hill
funicular
city center
Buda marl
Pleistocene
travertine
Buda Castle Cave
hu
Castle Quarter
defensive walls
bastions
Buda Castle
Buda

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