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Crown of the Árpáds
This gold crown, ornamented with Where to See the
jewels, pearls and enamel, was created Medieval City
by joining two existing crowns. The
lower, Byzantine one was known as Only a few monuments
the “Greek crown” and the upper sur vive from the Middle Ages.
one as the “Latin crown”. Among the notable ones that
still remain are the crypts in
Mátyás Church (see pp86–7),
and the elevations and cellars
of some historic houses in the
Castle District (a few of which
are now converted into wine
bars). The reconstructed lower
chambers of the Royal Palace
Bone artifacts (pp74–5) and parts of its
Bone items such as fortifications also date from
shepherds’ staffs often had the medieval era.
carved handles.

Figures of the Prophets

King István’s coin This 19th-century copy
The first Hungarian coin, of the Romanesque Ják
the denar, was produced Church (see p147) reveals
soon after AD 1000, during how the Árpáds adopted
King István’s reign. European styles.

Gothic niches can be
Tympanum seen by the entrances to
This 11th-century church tympanum, from many houses in the Old
Gyulafehérvár in modern Romania, is in the Town (see pp82–3).
Hungarian National Gallery (see pp78–81).

1222 “Golden Bull” grants nobility 1247 Béla IV builds castle in Buda,
privileges including tax exemption which becomes capital of Hungary
1241
1188 Béla III moves his headquarters to Óbuda and sets Mongol 1267 Béla IV announces
out on Frederick Barbarossa’s crusade invasion new “Golden Bull”
1100 1150 1200 1250 1300
1244 The citizens of Pest
are granted civic rights 1301 Death of King
András III, last king of
Magyar belt buckle dating 1255 The citizens of the Árpád dynasty
from the 10th century Buda get civic rights

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