Danube Cruise #5- Budapest- Buda Side: St Matthias, Weird Columns, Ghostly energy

View of the Danube and Pest side of the city from St. Matthias

In part 5 of our Vacation cruise we take you to the Buda side of Budapest, and to St. Matthias church, located high on "castle hill" with a great view of the Danube River and the Pesht side of the city. In this blog you'll learn about the "Fisherman's Bastion," the church, the ghostly energy inside and one freakish column inside. So, read on! .

Rob and Tom going into St. Matthias

View from the Fisherman's Bastion

THE BUDA SIDE OF BUDAPEST- This side of Budapest and is different from the flat Pest side across the Danube River. CNN Travel noted "Buda is built on a series of hills, Buda is the site of a grand Hapsburg palace and has a detached, imperial air of settled wealth." Most visitors are content with the view across to Pest from the Fisherman's Bastion on Castle Hill. When night falls, Buda goes to sleep and Pest wakes up.

THE FISHERMAN'S BASTION - The Halászbástya - (which is the Hungarian word for) Fisherman's Bastion is a terrace in neo-Gothic and neo-Romanesque style situated on the Buda bank of the Danube, on the Castle hill in Budapest, around Matthias Church. It was designed and built between 1895 and 1902 on the plans of Frigyes Schulek. Construction of the bastion destabilised the foundations of the neighbouring 13th century Dominican Church which had to be pulled down^. Between 1947–48, the son of Frigyes Schulek, János Schulek, conducted the other restoration project after its near destruction during World War II.

St. Matthias outside

ABOUT ST. MATTHIAS -
Matthias Church is a Roman Catholic church located in Budapest, Hungary, in front of the Fisherman's Bastion at the heart of Buda's Castle District. Located atop the Buda Castle hill, it has been serving the citizens of the Buda Castle Hill since 1015, its foundation by the first Hungarian king. 
The church has a breathtaking interior with darker colors inspired by orientalism and romantic historicism. Its mystically exotic atmosphere paired with its Neo-Gothic features differentiates it from any other church.
  While the outside of Matthias Church offers the historical traditional Gothic churches with delicate turrets, the colored tile roof separates it from other churches.

FAST FACT - For 150 years it was converted into a Turkish Mosque

The 2 columns with St. Matthias and his brother

GHOSTLY ENERGY - This church had a LOT of energy in it, and it actually wasn't good. When I (Rob) walked in, there was a very, very heavy feeling of depression and fear. It weighed me down. It also felt like it was from the 1930s and 1940s, which would have been World War 2, and would explain the emotions. There were no active ghosts or intelligent haunts, just deep, heavy residual emotional energy.

King Matthias

THE HIDDEN MADONNA- GOOD LUCK - During a fire, there is rumored to be a hidden black madonna statue that did not burn after the Turks abandoned the church after 150 years. Because this statue survived it is considered to be a "Miracle of the Virgin Mary." 

Inside St. Matthias

Matthias' beheaded brother

Inside St.Matthias

St. Matthias on the hill

GROTESQUE COLUMNS - Two columns inside the church tell the story of King Matthias and his brother. In the photo (right) King Matthias' head is seen on the left, and is upright. The column in the right side of the photo shows a man's head sideways. That's Matthias's brother, and it's sideways because he was beheaded! 


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