Erdélyi Bastion

Erdélyi Bastion
	Erdélyi bástya
	Part of Várnegyed
	Erdélyi Bastion
Coordinates	47.5047°N 19.0333°E

Erdélyi Bastion is a bastion at Buda Castle in Budapest, Hungary. It is sometimes called in English the Transylvanian bastion.[1]

Background

It is the strongest part of the fortification South from Vienna Gate. Its floor plan is multi cornered; it looks like an Old Italian fortification.[2] It may have been designed by Domenico da Bologna,[1] although Paolo Giovio wrote that it had been built by János Szapolyai during the 1530s. The bastion is 50 meters long and 22 meters wide. Its wedge shaped facades are connected to the wall of the castle with wings.[2]

References

"The Historic Complex on Táncsics Mihály Street". Archived from the original on 2013-02-15. Retrieved 2013-03-11.
Budapest lexikon I. (A–K). Editor Berza László. 2. ed. Budapest: Akadémiai. 1993, p. 23. ISBN 963-05-6410-6

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[embassy-1] "The Historic Complex on Táncsics Mihály Street". Archived from the original on 2013-02-15. Retrieved 2013-03-11.

[lex-2] Budapest lexikon I. (A–K). Editor Berza László. 2. ed. Budapest: Akadémiai. 1993, p. 23. ISBN 963-05-6410-6