Budapest Travel Guide

Matthias Church

Situated in the centre of the Castle Quarter, the 700-year-old Church of Our Lady is popularly known as Matthias Church after the nation's famous ruler, King Matthias (1458-90), a patron of learning and the arts who reconstructed the Hungarian state after decades of feudal anarchy. With its distinctive multicoloured tiled roof and Gothic spire, the church is one of Budapest's best-known structures, and it was here that the nation's kings were crowned and King Matthias was married. Today the church continues to hold High Mass, as well as concerts, organ and choir recitals owing to its magnificent acoustics. Matthias Church is a mixture of styles from the various kings, occupations and periods. When the Turks occupied the Castle in 1541 it was converted into a mosque, and the interior walls were whitewashed and painted over with scenes from the Koran. It suffered heavily in the later siege and was restored again in the 19th century, reconstructed in its characteristic neo-Gothic styl
Address: H-1250 Budapest, Pf. 22.
Website: www.szakinfo.hu/matyas-templom/eng/ind_tort.htm
Email: turizmus@matyas-templom.hu
Telephone: +36 (0)1 489 07
Transportation: Funicular from Clark �dám tér, or bus 6
Opening Time: Monday to Saturday from 9am to 5pm, Sunday from 1pm to 5pm
Admission: HUF 600 (adults), HUF 300 (students, pensioners, soldiers), HUF 600 (family ticket, 1 or 2 parents plus children), children under 6 free, audio guide extra HUF 300.