Fisherman's Bastion
The Fisherman's Bastion (Hungarian Fisherman's Bastion ) is one of Frigyes Schulek 1895-1902 built, neo-Romanesque monument in the Hungarian capital Budapest. It rises on the castle hill in the place of the medieval fish market of Buda. The name comes from a fishing guild, for which the monument was erected. This guild had to defend this section of the city walls in the Middle Ages. The bizarre building, which is to remember with its conical towers at the tents of the Magyars, is used as an observation deck on the Danube and Pest.
Before the bastion a bronze equestrian statue of King Stephen I is the saint who spread Christianity in Hungary. In 1906 she designed and made by sculptor Alajos Stróbl. The pedestal of the statue was built in the Romanesque Revival style, designed by Frigyes Schulek. It is adorned with decorative elements, which represent the life of the king.
Likewise, located in the immediate vicinity is the predominantly neo-Gothic Matthias Church.
Near the church stands the Hilton Hotel, which was built according to plans by Béla Pintér 1976. The hotel was built on the foundations of two historical buildings. The northern wing is at the Baur Estonians of the monastery to St. Nicholas. The wall of the south wing forms the outer wall of the former Jesuit College from the 18th century. Between the two parts of the old building reconstructed Nicholas tower was built, which carries a relief with scenes from the life of King Matthias Corvinus of 1930.
The Andreas Hess in front of the hotel was named after the German -born printer Andreas Hess, who ran the first public printing of Hungary in opposite house No. 4. In the square stands a statue of Pope Innocent XI. , Which was situated to the 250 - year celebration of the liberation of the city from Turkish rule. The statue was built in 1836 is a creation of József Demkó. Under Innocent XI. was launched at the time of occupation of Budapest by the Turks in an alliance against the occupiers. The Pope was instrumental in the financing of the liberation struggles.