Tuesday, 5 June 2007

Matyas Church -- A Buda Oddity (Budapest, Hungary)

Matyas Church is at least as old as the 13th Century. The church, however, has had many names and many different appearances over the years. The outside is Gothic with the mosaic tiled roof, and the inside...well, take a look for yourself!

It looks like a traditional church might, but upon closer inspection there is not one corner of this church that isn't painted or decorated in an elaborate style. The architect Frigyes Schulek apparently had a flare for this style, and in the 19th Century, was commissioned to refurbish the church in what he called Budapest Romantic style.


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