- Concerts are usually organized in the St Matthias church Budapest during the whole year.
- According to the tradition of the Church, the Matthias Church was founded by the Holy king Stephen (istván), built in 1015 in Romanesque style and consecrated...
- Matthias Church, originally founded in the 13th century, underwent various transformations and renovations over the centuries.
- The 60-meter (197 feet) tall gothic Matthias Bell Tower was added during the church’s expansion in the 15th century.
- This church is called up after King Matthias, or Matthias the Just, a king who lived between 1443 and 1490.
- That’s what Hungarian King Matthias did, both times in the exquisitely ornate Matthias Church, Budapest.
- Matthias Church is located in Holy Trinity Square, Budapest, Hungary, in front of the Fisherman’s Bastion at the heart of Buda’s Castle District.
- Today’s Matthias Church is the result of a major renovation between 1895 and 1903, by star architect of the age Frigyes Schulek.
- The Matthias Church is a visual feast for visitors, boasting a stunning fusion of Gothic and romantic historicism elements.
- The last two Hungarian Habsburg kings were crowned in the Matthias Church: Franz Joseph in 1867 (Liszt wrote and performed his Coronation Mass for the...