Tourist Attractions

In the Hussars’ yard, at the bridgehead, the visitors can see a niche with the statue of Saint John of Nepomuk, the saint protector of bridges and of passages across waters. A wood bridge sustained by four stone piers that were built in the Zlasti riverbed makes the access to the castle

The first important sight of the tour is the New Gate Tower. This is one of the rectangular, very massive towers built by Ioan of Hunedoara. The entrance area is actually a vaulted space were it used to be the guard’s place, with a fireplace and a chimney. Today here is the booking office. From here one can arrive at the dungeon of the castle, where one can see a wooden door that is allegedly preserved since the 15th century.

The Matia loggia is beyond the New Gate Tower, to the left. This loggia is considered to be the first manifestation of Renaissance in the architecture of Transylvania. At the second level of the loggia there is still visible the only laic fresco in the 15th century Transylvania.

The Chapel is on eastern side of the castle; the entrance is from the inner staircase of the Matia loggia and to the second level of the chapel, where the owners of the castle used to attend mass.

The Princesses’ Living room is at the first level of the New Gate Tower, above the entrance into the castle. Initially this was only a defense level, but in the 17th century it was transformed into a living room for the ladies that lived in the castle. In this room there is some furniture dating back from the 19th century, carved in the eclectic style: a table, a sideboard and a cupboard.
From here, across the spiral staircase, one reaches the Council Hall. It is placed on the second level of the Main Palace. The Council Hall is built in a late gothic style, but Gabriel Bethlen radically altered its architecture in the 17th century. He dismantled all the gothic arches and transformed it in a two-leveled space, with three rooms on each level. On the walls of this hall there are still some traces of a 17th century fresco that represents noblemen and the image of Transylvania at that time.


When exiting the Council Hall the visitor finds a staircase that leads to the Capistrano Tower, the room of John of Capistrano.
The exit from the Capistrano Tower is on the same staircase and than, to the right there is another staircase that leads to the second level of the Southern Palace, to the rooms that were used in the 18th century as offices for the iron mines Administration. Presently the museum holds here an ethnography exhibition ethnography exhibition.

From the ethnography exhibition one crosses to the room known as the Platform of the Old Gate Tower, that was built in the 17th century as an ammunition dump. Today this room holds the archaeology exhibition

From here the visitor passes again trough the ethnography exhibition and descends on a wooden staircase to the first level of the Southern Palace, where in the 18th century were the workshops.

The next sight, back in the inner yard, is the, reachable trough a vaulted corridor. This tower is rectangular one and it is built on two defense levels. The Old Gate Tower was painted in fresco during king Matia’s time. Traces of this fresco are still visible on the northern side of this tower. Gabriel Bethlen also altered this part of the castle. He eliminated the old entrance and he built in front of the tower a bulwark named the.
Facing the neogothic gallery the visitor can see a three living rooms that are at the first level of the Eastern Palace. These rooms still preserve some architectural elements belonging to late Renaissance. That a monumental staircase will lead to the dining room of this palace, space that nowadays holds the temporary exhibition named “Cultural Assets From the Collections of the Corvins’ Castle Museum” the Bethlen dining room.

The visit continues with the well and the presentation of the Turkish inscription.
Than follows the artillery terrace, slightly modified in the 19th century. From the terrace the visitor can see the bear pit, the northern palace, the chapel, the well and the contemporary town of Hunedoara.

The last sight is the Knights’ Hall, one of the most interesting laic spaces in the 15th century Transylvania . This hall now holds the Weapons Exhibition, with objects that range between the 15th and the 19th centuries . On the second column in this Hall one can see yet another inscription that states the moment of this hall’s construction.

sourse: castelulcorvinilor.ro & wikipedia.org