Corvin Castle
The Knights' Hall, the Diet Hall and a well dug by Turkish prisoners — the details behind Romania's most visited castle.
Built by John Hunyadi (Iancu de Hunedoara) after 1440 on the foundations of a 14th-century fortification and expanded in Renaissance style by his son, King Matthias Corvinus, between 1458 and 1480, the castle preserves the Knights' Hall — a Gothic-vaulted reception room bearing a Latin inscription, “Hoc opus fecit fieri Magnificus Johannes de Hunyadi”, dated 1452 — and the Diet Hall, decorated with painted medallions, including portraits of Wallachian prince Matei Basarab and Moldavian prince Vasile Lupu.
The inner courtyard holds the well that, according to legend, three Ottoman prisoners spent 15 years digging in search of water after being promised freedom if they succeeded; the promise was reportedly broken, and an inscription said to remain on the well's walls has a meaning historians still dispute. The castle is open year-round; from 1 October 2026 to 31 March 2027 winter hours apply (Mondays 12:00–17:00, Tuesday–Sunday 9:00–17:00), and an adult ticket costs 55 lei in 2026.
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