#kiscelli castle

[supermauswithagun]

Back wing of the Kiscelli Castle and the surrounding park in Budapest, Hungary.

The castle is literally built on top of a clay mine. Note the perspective of the second picture: I was standing in the middle of a clay pit while taking it. Yet the castle is not collapsing and not sinking anywhere. It's not impossible to do it. Thomas Sharpe, what the hell where you doing?

[missanalog]

Angelika Analóg (1983): Budapest no13 - Kiscelli castle

Acrylic on handmade paper

80x60 cm

2024.04.09.

[supermauswithagun]

Here in Budapest we have a castle built on an abandoned clay mine. Sadly it’s not breathtaking gothic architecture with ghosts trapped inside, just boring baroque turned into a museum, but at least it’s not sinking anywhere. The mine was opened in ancient Roman times, and were in use until the 1960s, when it actually became dangerous. They stopped mining because they’ve feared that the clay would start to slide, and the hill would collapse into the Danube. Now it’s completely safe, the mine itself was turned into a park around the castle. 

So yeah, it’s completely possible to built a castle on a clay mine. It’s a bit more complicated to keep mining around the house (definitely not under it!), but still possible. So what the hell the Sharpes were doing?!

I think they were so freaking gothic that they actually wanted their house to dramatically crumble into the red clay.

Crimson Peak is mostly about how you shouldn't build your house on clay and especially you shouldn't build your clay mining magnate house on the same spot as your clay pit because while this might seem like space efficiency mostly it's just a health hazard and you know who despises unsafe working/living conditions? ghosts. of people you murdered also.

[httpetras]

Anyway, we rewatched the secret of moonacre with my sister as we do every year (it’s been our favorite movie since it came out, we basically grew up with it) and i just realized the crew and some of actors are from my country and except some places, the filming location was also set in Hungary

If anyone’s interested, the Tura castle, which was the home of the Merryweather’s family in the movie, has been renovated and now it’s functioning as a hotel since june 2020

Also, Csesznek castle (De Noir’s castle) has not changed, still the same ruins. The scenes inside the castle was filmed in Kiscelli Museum

In this link you can find some photos of the set they specifically built for the movie

[bambirex]

Ooh you mentioned in some of your tags a while back that you recognized places in The Witcher. Was it filmed in Hungary?

Lots of season 1 was filmed here yes!!

For example, the house of the mayor of Rinde and where Geralt and Jaskier meet Yennefer:

Is actually the Tata castle!!! It’s such a lovely place

The Aretuza graduation ball:

Kiscelli Museum:

Tissaia finds Yennefer here:

It's the Skanzen in Szentendre!

And we have a glimpse of Stregobor's weird little fantasy place

Which was inspired by Vajdahunyad Castle

I would have given my right arm to be an extra on the show or just be around any of the filming locations 😂

[supermauswithagun]

Kiscelli Castle, Budapest, Hungary.