page_title: Buda Castle
section_title: Royal Dining Hall
hierarchical_section_title: Buda Castle / Interior / Baroque and Historicism / Private royal apartments / Royal Dining Hall
caption_attribution_description: English: Dining Room of the Prince in the Royal Castle of Budapest.
context_page_description: Buda Castle is the historical castle and palace complex of the Hungarian kings in Budapest. It was first completed in 1265, but the massive Baroque palace today occupying most of the site was built between 1749 and 1769. The complex in the past was referred to as either the Royal Palace or the Royal Castle. The castle now houses the Hungarian National Gallery and The Budapest History Museum.
  Buda Castle sits on the southern tip of Castle Hill, surrounded by the touristic area known as Várnegyed, which is famous for medieval, Baroque and Neoclassical houses, churches, public buildings and monuments. The hill is linked to Clark Ádám Square and the Széchenyi Chain Bridge by the Castle Hill Funicular. The castle is a part of the Budapest World Heritage Site, so declared in 1987. The original Royal palace was ruined during WWII, it was rebuilt in a simplified Stalin Baroque style during the Kádár era.
context_section_description: The Royal Dining Hall (Fejedelmi ebédlő) opened from the Royal Entrance Hall, and it was the largest room of the private apartments. The long hall had six windows opening towards Gellért Hill. Three crystal chandeliers gave light to the elegant stuccoed space. In the middle of the longer side wall, between the two doors, stood a marble mantelpiece.
caption: The Dining Room
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