Forming a dominant part of the Buda skyline, this marvellous Gothic (ane neo-Gothic) church is officially the Church of Our Lady, but is universally known as the Matthias Church, after the great Renaissance king who was married here (twice.)

The cathedral is almost as old as the Royal Palace and has been the venue of several coronation ceremonies. Every king and epoque left its mark on the building until the Turks occupied Buda in 1541 and converted the temple into a mosque, whitewashing - and thus preserving - its medieval frescos.

Matthias Church gained its current form at the turn of the century when a lot of smaller buildings attached to it earlier were pulled down and the church was reconstructed in characteristic neo-Gothic style.