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. The Castle of Burg was long inhabited by Matthias Corvinus. In the Eathhaus some curious old armour is preserved. Huliein 8tat. West of this, about 1 hr.'s drive, lies Kremsier, one of the prettiest towns of Moravia; the sum mer-residence of the Prince Archbp, presented by Ladislaus King of Bo hemia to the burghers, on account, of their bravery on that occasion. 1 hr. W. of li radiseli is the former Cister cian monastery of Wellehrad, formerly the residence of the kings and bishops of Moravia

Gothic Collegiate church, the Piaristerskirche. and the Rathhaus, also deserve notice. It was to K re us sier that the Emp, withdrew and sum moned the parliament during the revo lutionary disturbances at Vienna in 1848. Napajedl Stat., with a fine castle on L hill. Ungrisch-Hradisch Stat. The town It built upon an island formed by the March, and was formerly a fortress, and was besieged bv Matthias Corvimis rf Hungary, 1469-73, without success. In the Rathhaus art. preserved 4 swords, ROUTE 277

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-Rhenish school, and the first German painter of his day, flourished 1380) : A series of saints and apostles, single figures in Gothic niches, painted on a gold ground. 1. 88. Be nedict, Philip, Matthias, and James the Less. 2. SS. Bartholomew, Simon, Matthias, and Bernard. 10. Antony the Hermit, Pope Cornelius, and the Magdalen. 14. 88. Catherine, Hubert, and Quirinus, on a dark background. School of Cologne: 5. Crucifixion. 13. Head of our Saviour (black) on the handkerchief of St. Veronica, one

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is , beautifully situated on the rt. bank of the Danube. I None of the public buildings here; deserve particular notice. In the hand- j haus, a very large edifice, formerly a Franciscan convent, the Estates or Par liament of Upper Austria meet, and in it are the government offices. The existing edifice was modernized after a fire in 1800. Adjoining it is the Museum, composed chiefly of objects of antiquity and natural history found in the province. In the Church of St. Matthias, or of the Capuchins, General

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him self with a letter of introduction to the commanding officer (Gestiitscomman- '), who is generally a major or -col, of cavalry or 12 m. from Uj-Szony, where bauern (§ 1 \ 6) may be procured.] • “ A Botis (Tata), a town of 9000 with an old church, and an old castle, said to have been a favourite residence of Matthias Corvinus. Count Nicholas Esterhilzy, has a fine chateau here, and some extensive wine-vaults, in one of which is a tun, capable of holding 34,700 Eng. gallons, and which, moreover

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.(Romanesque) architecture. It was built lolly, by: the Emp. Henry II.; it is circular in shape, and is the most beautiful monu ment of that style in Austria. In the' plain around this small town, John Sobieski, at the head of 12,000 bravV Poles, formed a junction with the Duke of Lorraine, and set out hence, with an army 70.000 strong, to rescue ‘Vienna by the Hungarians, under Matthias and the Emp. Leopold from the Turks Corvinus, in 1486; and, in 1645, by] the Swedish General Torstenson : they possess

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the prince, and in the presence of the Archivar, who resides at Eisen- stadt. The castle contains, besides 3Q pieces of artillery, suits of armour for several hundred men, a remarkable collection of ancient armour, including many Turkish trophies, the standards of Matthias Corvinus and BetMee Ga bor, and arms for an entire regiment, which the prince is bound to equip at Ms own cost. The castle, as its Hun garian name implies, was in the middle ages a stronghold of the Fraknd family; it afterwards

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at the point of land above the junction of the Neuhiiuseler arm of the Danube with the main stream. It was founded by Matthias Cor vinos. In 1783 its defences suffered great injury from an earthquake, and had already fallen into decay, when, in 1805 , they were rebuilt, and the capabilities of the place for defence Increased. It is a matter of boast with its inhabitants that . it was never taken by an enemy. In 1848-49 it resisted all the efforts of Austrian, army to capture it by Neuhäuseler arm

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here, and within these walls Sigis- innrel was detained in captivity by his turbulent Magnates. Vissegrad at tained the height of its splendour in the reign of Matthias Corvinus, who laid out vast sums in embellishing it, j and in converting the barren rocks' around into gardens and pleasure- grounds. In his days it deserved to be styled the Hungarian Windsor. The Papal Legate who visited him here calls it an earthly paradise. The mag nificence of this palatial stronghold lias long since

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(Zdlyom), a town of 3000 Inhab., with an old castle, in which Matthias Corvinus frequently held his court. It was in this castle that Ga* | briel Bethlen (Betbleu Gdbor) tent the Hungarian crown which fell hito his bands at the taking of Presburg (Oct. 20, 1619), and he is said to have been at Altsohl when he received the letter from James I. promising Hm a subsidy, (comeutiente imo patente ef * In. all the other States of the empire, «M Stz lbs- troy; silver (chiefly in Bohemia),’ 23 794 lbs. troy.

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than 1617. It has a pretty gar den. A barge-owner and builder of Persenbeug, Matthias Feklmuller, is in the habit of despatching yearly up the stream to Eatisbon 350 barges, and 850 with 25 rafts down to Vienna and Pesth; he employs 250 barge men and 115 horses. rt. Nearly a mile below it is the village of Ips (Pons Isidis of the Ro mans?), surrounded with old walls and high towers; and, lower down,, the river Ips joins the Danube. The 2 towers of the Church of Maria Taferl here appear in sight

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, such as Napoleon's wash-hand basin, from Elba ; the rings of Matthias Cor vinus and John Sobieskt; flails, scythes, and other rude weapons of the Bohemian peasants in the Hussite wars. In a glass case is deposited the court dress-sword of Louis XIV. ; it is flanked on either side by a large broad blade, apparently very sharp. These - are the two official swords of the late headsman of Eger—one was made at Söhlingen, the other at Katisbon. The museum is shown only on Mon day, Wednesday, and Friday

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ary t 120. military frontiers of Austria, 493 troops, and, after Ins accession to the Hungarian throne, may be said to have laid ,ne foundation of the present military frontiers by granting tracts of waste land to reiugees from Bosnia and other Slavonic countries that had been conquered by the Ottomans, Following the plan adopted by Matthias Corviuus under similar circumstances, Ferdinand exempted these refugees from taxation and manorial services, on condition of their guarding the frontier

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, opportunely relieved by George Podiehrad, King of Bohemia. In 1484, Vienna, after being in vested for 4 months, surrendered to Matthias Corvinus, who made it his place of residence, and died here 1490. After his death the Emp, Max imilian I. regained possession of the city, and was received with acclama tions by the inhabitants overjoyed at getting rid of the Hungarians. Since this Vienna has been the habitual resi dence of the princes and emperors of the House of Habsburg. Vienna was besieged by Sultan

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places. Besides fiacres, which may be taken into the country, even as far as Baden, there are G esc) 1 seh aftsw a gen, A M»d of omnibus, which start at regular hours from fixed stations in the town while for the poorer classes there is a still humbler carriage called EmmE vÀlgcn. ^ Bcohnhrmm, the palace of the Bin» peror, and his usual summer residence situated about 2 m. from Vienna* was begun as a hunting-seat for àv Emp, Matthias, by Fischer of jfa, . lach, and finished by Maria Theresa

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of saints. The eighth on the rt., in going from the Aitstadt, is a well-exe cuted bronze statue of St. John Aepo the foundation of the university. A bronze statue of Charles IV. stands on a pedestal, in niches on the sides of which are sitting figures of the four faculties, Theology, Philology, Juris prudence, arid Medicine ■ and. at thé angles, portrait statues of four of I Charles’s contemporaries,—two bishops of Prague, a Kolowrat, and Matthias of Arras, the architect of the cathedral,—selected

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461 ROUTE 265 . —PRAGUE—CATHEDRAL. the. spots of ground still marked out by these obelisks.”— Reeve, The Cathedral or Dom, dedicated to St, Vitus, stands within the enclosure of the Hradschin. It was commenced in 1344, in the reign of John of Lux emburg, by Matthias of Arras , and continued during the reign of Charles IV. by the architect Peter Arler, who, although bearing the surname de Po lonia, was a German from Gmurid in Swabia. The only parts completed were the choir and one of the towers

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510 boute 282 ,— danube (e)—fest. Sect, XV. been, dag up in various parts of Hun gary and Transylvania, and are only interesting as relics of the settlements of that great nation in this country. There are also some historical relics of persons celebrated in the Hungarian annals, snch as the sword and battle- axe of Rakdczy, Prince of Transyl vania ; Stephen Bathory’s armour; the Marshal’s staff of Nicholas Pa Iffy ; the saddle of Lewis II., brought from Mo- hacs; Matthias Corvinus’s goblet

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70 metal coffins. The oldest is that of the Emp. Matthias, 1019; the most splendid are those of

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with Pest. It i nebulas the Royal: Orsova, for 3 years ,, , • Palace, built in the reign of Charles j Pariah Church is t ie o ^ . VI., on the site where the palace of j built Matthias Corvinus stood. It was the r it has residence of the Palatine of Hungary, but was totally destroyed during the bombardment (see p. 508). In the centre of the square is a Gothic Cro.«, or pinnacle of bronze, under the canopy of which lies a wounded knight, over whom Fume is bending : it was erected to the memory

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in the 15th centy. fre quently penetrated into these remote valleys. It was destroyed by the Hungarians under Matthias Corvixtos. About 3 m. farther on are the Imperial Iron-ivorks and Ccmi»o»«

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