Updated 02/07/2019
In the article I will tell you about Bori Castle in Székesfehérvár and others interesting places in the outskirts of the city. You will find out why the castle is called a symbol eternal love, how to see the ruins of an ancient Roman city and where to find a museum where everything is made of aluminum.
Bori Castle in Székesfehérvár is not located in the city center, so I did not talk about it in the article about the sights of Székesfehérvár (you will find a route to get to know the city and a map). From historical center The city is 5 kilometers from Bori Castle. I’ll tell you how to get there below, but for now the history of the castle and its creator.
Enyo Bori - architect and loving husband
Enyo Bory is a Hungarian architect and sculptor who worked in the first half of the 20th century. He graduated from the sculpture department of the Hungarian School of Drawing, in his youth he traveled to Germany and Italy, where he studied art marble sculpture. Then he met his future wife Ilona, who was also an artist.
During the First World War, Jeno Bori was drafted into the army and became the official war artist in Sarajevo. For 30 years, Bori worked at the Royal Hungarian School of Drawing, and for some time headed the Hungarian University fine arts.
belongs to his hand whole line sculptures and memorial plaques, many of which are installed in Székesfehérvár and Budapest. For example, in Várfal Park, where the walking route around the city begins, there is a sculpture by him. That’s what they call it – Bori’s column.
The most important creation of Enyo Bori is considered to be the castle he built, which is called the castle of eternal love. The architect dedicated it to his beloved wife Ilona. Construction of the castle took place intermittently for several decades. Enyo Bori erected the building personally, he had only a few assistants. His wife Ilona also helped the architect. Paintings painted by her decorate the interiors of Bori Castle. The Hungarians say that Bori Castle is included in the Guinness Book of Records as the largest structure erected by one person.
Enyo Bori died in 1959 in his native Székesfehérvár. Bori Castle was completed after his death. Now it belongs to the descendants of the architect. Enyo's beloved wife Ilona outlived her husband by almost 15 years; she died in 1974.
History of Bori Castle
Enyo Bori purchased a plot of land on which he hoped to build a castle in 1912. But his plans were thwarted by the First World War. As a result, construction began only in 1923. Very soon the fame of the architect who builds the castle with his own hands spread throughout the country. Curious people began to come to Székesfehérvár to look at Bori’s creation. Soon the name was assigned to it - Bory Castle (Bory-vár). The main influx of funds for construction came from the sale of paintings and sculptures.
Bori widely used reinforced concrete to decorate the Enyo castle, which was an innovation. Railings, stairs, towers, statues and much more - all created using reinforced concrete.
Bory Castle in Székesfehérvár has seven towers and about 30 rooms filled with sculptures, paintings and other works of art. And everywhere you can see images of his beloved wife, the architect Ilona. It is not surprising that the name “Castle of Eternal Love” has become a landmark. One of the towers of Bori Castle is dedicated to the twins who were born into the family of the architect.
Useful information for visiting Bori Castle
Official site: bory-var.hu.
Address: Mariavölgy 54.
Working hours: I recommend checking the current opening hours of the castle on the website (the address is indicated above), since it does not work in winter. During the warm season, access to the attraction is open daily from 09:00 to 17:00.
Entrance fee
- Adult (from 26 to 62 years old) - 1500 forints (if you accompany at least two children under 18 years old, then 700 forints).
- Children and students - 700 forints.
- Pensioners - 700 forints.
- Children under 5 years old and people over 70 years old are free.
How to get to Székesfehérvár
- From the railway station - bus No. 31 (then 500 meters on foot) and No. 32 (then 120 meters on foot).
- From the bus station - bus No. 26A (then 120 meters on foot).
- By car – I marked a point on the map below, using it it is easy to build a route from Budapest or from the center of Székesfehérvár.
How to get to Székesfehérvár I. There you will also find information about hotels in the city and places for dinner.
Attractions in the vicinity of Székesfehérvár
There are many attractions on the outskirts of Székesfehérvár and in its surroundings. If you have time, I advise you to look into all of them, or at least those that arouse interest and desire.
Gorsium Open Air Museum
15 kilometers from Székesfehérvár are the ruins of an ancient Roman city, turned into a museum under open air Gorsium (Herculia). Landmark - the village of Tats. Official name- Gorsium Regészeti Park.
Excavations of the ancient Roman city began in the middle of the 20th century. During them, historians found out that first the ancient Romans set up a military camp here, and then founded the city of Gorsium. In 260 AD, the city was destroyed by barbarians, 30 years later it was revived, but was already called Herkuia. The city fell into decline simultaneously with the fall of the Roman Empire.
In the 20th century, archaeologists unearthed the remains of city walls and gates, streets, a forum, several temples and other buildings. You can walk along all these places.
Working hours
- April 1 to October 31 – from 10:00 to 18:00.
- November 1 – March 31 – from 10:00 to 16:00.
- Monday is a day off.
Entrance fee
- Adult – 1,200 forints
- Students/seniors – 600 forints.
- Free on Hungarian national holidays - March 15, August 20 and October 23.
Museum of the Aluminum Industry in Székesfehérvár
The Aluminum Industry Museum (Alumíniumipari Múzeum) opened on the outskirts of Székesfehérvár in 1971. Initially it was a small exhibition that aroused great interest. Therefore, they decided to make the museum permanent; a special building was allocated for it. The museum contains many documents and photographs telling about the development of the aluminum industry. But the most interesting thing in the museum, of course, is its exhibits. The museum also collects works of art related to aluminum for display.
Address: Zombori út 12.
Entry fee: 600 forints for a full ticket, 300 forints for a reduced price.
Working hours: Tuesday – Sunday – from 10:00 to 15:00, Monday – closed.
How to get there: buses No. 17 and No. 22, stop Szivárvány Óvoda, then 3 minutes on foot.
Ethnographic Museum of Székesfehérvár
The Ethnographic Museum of Székesfehérvár (Palotavárosi Skanzen) is located near the historical center and can be easily reached on foot. If you are interested in the history of Hungary, its culture, and want to know how Hungarian peasants and artisans lived, then this is the place for you. The museum is a small street lined with buildings from the past. Small houses, barns, other buildings. The interiors of the buildings also correspond to historical reality.
Address: Rác utca 11.
Working hours: Tuesday – Sunday – from 10:00 to 18:00, Monday – closed.
Entrance fee: 600 forints, but pre-registration is required. You can check with the Tourist Information Center on Székesfehérvár Town Hall Square.
Firefighting Museum
The Firefighting Museum (Tűzoltó Múzeum) is located right in the fire station building. The exhibition displays the uniforms of Hungarian firefighters, as well as the tools they used in their work. For example, the plumed helmets that all firefighters were once required to wear.
Address: Szent Florian körút 2.
Working hours: daily from 08:00 to 17:00.
Bori Castle and other museums on the map
I marked on the map Bori Castle in Székesfehérvár and all the museums mentioned in the article. Using a map, it is convenient to build a route, calculate travel time and avoid getting lost.
Have fun walking around Székesfehérvár and its surroundings.
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The castle was built by Jenő Bory (1879-1959), who was a sculptor and architect, a professor of sculpture at the College of Fine Arts and that of architecture at the Technical University Budapest. He followed his own plans and imagination, and raised this special castle through 40 summers. It is a memory of his eternal love for his wife and his artistic dreams.
Jenő Bory bought the land of the castle where there was only a press house and a wine vault among grape and fruit trees in 1912. He enlarged the press house to an accommodation and developed a studio above it. He only started building the castle itself after the First World War, when he could afford it from the fee of his sculptural orders.
He continued building the castle, elaborating details and doing reconstruction works after the Second World War until his death. He mainly worked alone relying on his own two hands and resorted to occasional help only a few times. He was a qualified architect, but instead of factual plans he followed his imagination and adapted to the topography of the land. The slowly growing walls, the shapes of the towers and the areas surrounded by them are all the result of the same artistic idea as the statues. This way, the Bory-castle is nothing else but a sculptural work of art with architectural forms and sizes.
Walking in the castle, the visitor can realize that the material they meet everywhere again and again is the concrete. More precisely, it is the so called quartz concrete which Jenő Bory preferred. At the beginning of the twentieth century concrete appeared in architecture as a new material and in Hungary Jenő Bory was one of the first ones who used it. The door and window frames, columns, domes, balustrades and staircases, and also fountains, pools, statues and relieves in different sizes were made from this material.
He filled the castle with works of arts of contemporary artists, his wife Ilona Komócsin (1885-1974) and those of his own. An exhibition of sculptures and pictures can be seen in the studio gallery.
In the Court of the Hundred Columns, under the archways, you can find plaster statues, the bronze or marble originals of which can still be found in different parts of the country. Behind, in the Chapel the sculpture symbolizing the eternal love of men for their wives is awaiting the visitors.
Bory-castle is now in possession of Jenő Bory’s descendants who manage and look after it with daily hard work with the help of the foundation they have established.
On the outskirts of the Hungarian city of Székesfehérvár there is an unusual castle.
The area here is semi-rural - semi-dacha: private houses, front gardens, and no hints of a castle. Even standing in front of the gate with a sign, you are slightly perplexed: well, where is he?
And then you walk into the yard, turn the corner - and gasp. Indeed, it is a knight’s castle with turrets, dungeons, and covered galleries. There are steps leading up to it, and on the terraces in front of the castle there are flower beds, trimmed bushes and benches in secluded corners.
The castle is beautiful and unusual. And the most amazing thing is that this grandiose structure was built by virtually one person. He, of course, had assistants at different stages of construction, but the lion's share of the work was done by himself - Jeno Bori, sculptor, architect, builder - in general, an Artist in in a broad sense this word.
He built his castle for 40 years - with breaks for world wars and other circumstances. I built in my free time from my main job. At the same time, he worked on orders, taught at the Royal Hungarian School of Drawing, at the Royal Technical University, and for some time was the rector of the Hungarian University of Fine Arts.
The plot with the house and vineyard was purchased in 1912, and construction was completed in 1959. Bory turned 80 that year, and he died in December of the same year.
When asked how he managed to build such a palace on his own, he answered: the whole secret is in the use of concrete. If there were no cement, there would be no castle. And yet…
They say that he was driven by the great power of love - for his wife Ilona, who became his muse. Indeed, everything here is filled with the image of this woman. Sculptures, bas-reliefs, portraits depicting her are found here at every step.
However, historical and mythical characters also “registered” in this castle. Cain stands naked with bloody hands. Sculptures of Hungarian kings line the open galleries around the perimeter of the courtyard. Warriors, heroes, sorcerers, animals, compositions with many figures and few figures wove into the space of the castle and took their places. In the covered galleries of the courtyard are placed copies of Jeno Bori's sculptures, which he has ever made to order.
So let's take a walk around the castle.
At the entrance, visitors are greeted by the first batch of sculptures installed on the lawn.
"Dummy Piss" is hiding in the bushes
Behind him is a young woman with a spiritual face. Ilona, wife and muse
The castle is located on a slight hill.
You can climb up the ladder on the right along the wall. It's like a private passage.
The main entrance is on the left, through the flower beds, along a wide slope.
One way or another, you find yourself in a spacious rectangular courtyard - solemn and elegant.
Twin Tower - built and named after twin daughters: Ilona and Clara.
Galleries with sculptures
We climb to the upper galleries
Kings and Queens
From the top there is a view of Székesfehérvár.
Numerous passages, stairs, bundles of spaces, exits to open galleries and into the halls. A scattering of certain signs that you want to read.
The “heart” of the castle is the Family Chapel, where Ilona is represented in the image of the Madonna, and behind her are the muses of great geniuses: Mona Lisa da Vinci, Rembrandt’s wife Saskia, Rubens’ wife Elena Fourment and Fornarina - Raphael’s vicious lover, turned into a saint by the Master’s brush ( "Sistine Madonna").
Before visiting the castle, I had not heard anything about the sculptor Bori or the work of his hands.
There are examples of superhuman efforts in this world, something that is difficult for an ordinary person to imagine. I won't talk about it now artistic value the castle is undoubtedly high. It pleases the eye, surprises and delights.
It remains beyond understanding how a common person I could build this! During one human life, without any exorbitant money (kings and nouveau riche, of course, can afford such luxury, but a teacher?), without construction crews and equipment!
Smooth and creative burning, non-stop, lifelong. Doing, doing, doing. Was it love that motivated him? I don't know anything about the lives of these people. Ilona was also an artist, creative person. But, tell me, if your beloved husband spent every free minute at a construction site for 40 years, wouldn’t you eventually pray: “Darling, spend this day with me and the children, don’t go to the construction site, leave your castle!” I would beg. I would hate this castle, taking away my beloved. Like every ordinary person. As a result, “No tales will be told about you, No songs will be sung about you.”
I think this castle is an expression of love and, above all, mutual understanding between two people. Ilona understood that her husband was obsessed, that he was married first of all to his castle, this was an expression of his creativity. Creating a castle became the meaning of life for my husband. She accepted this - either because of spiritual kinship or great love.
A beautiful story about love, a story about perseverance and burning, an example of what obsession can accomplish and what beauty a single person can fill space with in a single life.
Jeno Bori and his family (photo taken from Wikipedia)
Before his death, Jeno asked his grandchildren that when he and Ilona were buried, there would be a window between their burials so that they could always look at each other. Well, suddenly...
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To visit Hungary and not visit at least a couple of castles is a real crime! A significant and very striking part of the architecture (and, of course, history) of Hungary are castles and fortresses, the walls of which are a silent reminder of the battles, warriors, state secrets and love stories of the country.
The abundance of ancient fortresses in Hungary is amazing - more than a thousand, 800 of which are architectural monuments.
Choose those that you definitely need to look into with us!
It is impossible to pass by such an attraction!
The castle is only a little over a hundred years old, and it is part of the exhibition created for the 1000th anniversary of the country in 1896. A park with exotic trees appeared here only towards the end of the 18th century, at the same time canals were laid and the swamps were drained, which King Matthias I of Hunyadi previously loved to hunt.
In the modern park you will find artificial lakes on which you can ride a boat, a small chapel, Renaissance and Gothic courtyard buildings, an exquisite palace, an Italian palazzo and much more. Every tourist considers it his duty to touch the pen in the hand of the statue of Anonymous in order to get for himself a drop of the genius and wisdom of the legendary chronicler.
Don't forget to check out the Museum Agriculture and taste Hungarian wine.
And in the evening you can enjoy the magic of music right on the castle grounds - concerts and festivals are often held here.
Visegrad - Dracula's Castle
Yes, yes - and the famous Dracula also lived here, not only in Romania.
The fortress was built back in the 14th century. Vlad the Impaler III, better known as Dracula, according to legend, was her captive. However, after the king’s forgiveness, the “bloody” Vlad married his cousin and settled in Solomon’s tower.
Dracula's castle survived Hard times— the residents practically did not see a quiet life. The list of stories of the fortress includes not only sieges and invasions of enemies, but also the theft of the Hungarian crown.
Founded under the Romans and erected after the Tatar invasion, today Dracula's Castle is a place adored by tourists.
In addition to viewing the architecture, here you can watch a theatrical performance with the participation of warriors of the “Middle Ages,” buy souvenirs at an exhibition of artisans, take part in competitions and eat delicious food in one of the local restaurants (using medieval recipes, of course!).
This place with a fantastically beautiful park (the trees are more than 3 centuries old!) is located near the Kehidakushtani resort.
The castle of the mid-17th century belonged to a noble family and was reconstructed more than once. Today there is a museum of the Batthyany count family with rooms in the style of the 1800th century, Queen Sisi's shoes and even an exhibition for blind tourists who are allowed to touch the exhibits with their hands.
The other part of the castle is a hotel where you can have a good rest, and then play billiards or volleyball, ride a horse, go fishing and even fly in a hot air balloon.
One night here will empty your wallet by at least 60 euros.
Legendary place of eternal love. Of course, with its own amazing history.
Jeno Bori created this architectural masterpiece for his beloved wife Ilona (an artist). Having laid the first stone in 1912, the architect built it for 40 years until the war began. After Jeno had to sell his sculptures with paintings in order to continue construction, which he was engaged in until his death in 59.
His wife survived him by 15 years. Their grandchildren were already involved in the reconstruction of the building in the 80s.
This triumph of architectural fantasy in the Art Nouveau style is located right in the center of Budapest.
The history of the palace begins in 1880, when Thomas Gresham (note - founder of the Royal Exchange) bought a huge residential building here. The palace grew in 1907, immediately standing out with mosaic panels, bright figures, flowing floral patterns and wrought iron among the traditional buildings of the center.
After World War II, the palace, which was heavily damaged by bombs, was privatized by the government for apartments for American diplomatic workers, then transferred to the American library, and in the 70s it was simply given over to “communal apartments.”
Today Gresham's Palace, managed by the Canadian Center, is a fantastic hotel dating back to the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
The most famous city on the shores of Lake Balaton, Keszthely is famous for the Festetics Castle, which once belonged to a noble noble family.
It was modeled after the luxurious mansions of France in the 17th century. Here you can see Hungarian weapons from different eras (some copies are more than a thousand years old!), a valuable library with unique engravings, the first printed books and even sheet music autographed by Haydn and Goldmark, fantastically beautiful interior decoration palace, etc.
A ticket to the castle costs 3,500 Hungarian HUF.
You will find it just 30 km from Budapest.
Built in the Baroque style, the palace changed throughout its existence.
Today, within its walls is located the neo-Gothic Beethoven Memorial Museum (a close friend of the Brunswick family, who composed his “ Moonlight Sonata") and the Museum of the History of Kindergartens (note - the owner of the castle fought for children's rights all her life), concerts are often held and thematic films are shown.
Rare tree species grow in the castle park, which occupies over 70 hectares - more than three hundred species!
It is also called the Versailles of Hungary for its amazing pomp, serious scale and luxury of decoration.
Located a 2-hour drive from Budapest (approx. - in Ferted), the palace “began” as a hunting mansion in 1720. Afterwards, having expanded considerably, the castle acquired many decorations, a park with fountains, theaters, an entertainment house and even a small church, turning into an expensive and truly luxurious palace from the hand of its owner, Prince Miklos 2nd.
Famous for his active support of artists (note - for example, Haydn lived in the Esterhazy family for more than 30 years), Miklos organized feasts and masquerades every day, turning life into an eternal holiday.
Today, Esterházy Palace is an amazingly beautiful baroque museum and a wonderful hotel.
Located in the city of the same name, this “building” in the Baroque style appeared in the 18th century.
During the construction process, which lasted for 25 years, the palace changed owners several times until it completely passed into the hands of Emperor Franz Joseph.
Today, the castle, restored in 2007 after the consequences of World War II, pleases tourists with both its decoration and historical exhibition, as well as modern entertainment - horse and musical shows and performances, memorial programs, etc.
Here you can buy souvenirs and eat national dishes, and also look into the darkroom.
Originating in the 13th century in the city of the same name, the fortress acquired its modern appearance only in the 16th century.
Most of all, it became famous for the confrontation between the Turks and Hungarians (note - the former outnumbered the defenders by more than 40 times), which lasted 33 days until the enemy retreated. According to legend, the Hungarians won thanks to the famous invigorating wine called “bull’s blood.”
A modern fortress is an opportunity to feel like a medieval archer at a shooting range, help the staff of the fortress museum pour wine into bottles (and at the same time taste it), explore the underground labyrinths and execution exhibition, and even mint a coin yourself as a souvenir.
Don't forget to buy souvenirs, check out the knight's tournament and have a gastronomic relaxation.
This fortress owes its name to the aristocrats who created it in 1162.
The modern castle has grown from a simple wooden structure and today is a luxurious hotel, enticing travelers around the world with its sophisticated antiquity.
Tourists can enjoy 19 comfortable rooms and even a count’s apartment filled with antique furniture, Persian carpets and tapestries, a hunting hall with “trophies” from the surrounding forests, a Baroque chapel with an icon of the Virgin Mary and wines from local bins for dinner.
In summer you can visit jazz concert, dine in a gourmet restaurant, visit the swimming pool of a balneological resort for free, and even hold a wedding.
And in the huge forest park you can ride a bike among plane trees and magnolias and go fishing.
This castle is considered the historical heart of the country. It can be seen from anywhere in Budapest, and you can ignore the excursion to this famous place no one can.
Consisting of 3 fortresses, the 13th century castle was revived many times after the Turkish and Tatar invasions, and after the fire of the 2nd World War, it was restored with special care.
Today, transformed and refurbished using new technologies, the castle is a real pride of residents and a place of pilgrimage for travelers.
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Székesfehérvár. The city of kings, their residence and coronation place, the tomb of the Hungarian rulers. And for us, first of all, the name Szekesfehervar is difficult to remember. The reason to look here on the way from Miskolc to Heviz was an intriguing place - Bori Castle
Architect's family
With my beloved Ilona
Can one person build a castle with his own hands? A reasonable answer involves a resounding "no." But it turns out that for a passionately and sincerely loving man there are no barriers. Borivar Castle is a worthy confirmation of this. At first glance, it seems that he came to this day from a fairy tale. And it is impossible to imagine that the artist Jeno Bori built it himself, from the first to the last stone.
At first, city residents openly laughed at their strange neighbor, but soon the ridicule gave way to boundless respect. He became the only person in the world to build a house of this scale alone. And all for the sake of his only, beloved wife Ilona
Jeno Bory - Hungarian architect and sculptor, teacher, professor, rector of the Royal Hungarian School of Drawing (now the Hungarian University of Fine Arts (1943-1945).
Bori Column in Székesfehérvár
Between 1906-1944 he created more than 185 works of sculpture, mainly in Székesfehérvár and Budapest. Participated in collective exhibitions. Received several national and international awards.
The pinnacle of J. Bori's creativity is considered to be the castle he built in Székesfehérvár, which is called the castle of eternal love, since Jeno Bori dedicated this creation to his beloved wife Ilona. Construction of the castle lasted for 40 years, from 1912 to 1959 (with a break during the First World War). The construction was carried out personally by J. Bori himself with several assistants.
Bori Castle is the only architectural landmark of the city of Székesfehérvár created in the 20th century. The building is designed in an eclectic style, but at the same time harmonious. Located in the northeast of the city, away from the center.
Bori Castle. Its silhouette harmoniously combines various architectural styles: Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, and the walls, columns, domes and even sculptures richly decorating the terraces and balustrades are made of concrete. However, the most amazing thing is that this castle was built by the hands of one man, who for almost forty years tirelessly erected its walls and towers as a symbol of eternal love for his chosen one.
The architect and sculptor Jeno Bory decided at the beginning of the century to build a castle for his young, charming wife in the vicinity of Székesfehérvár, around a small house that he acquired in 1912.
But the First World War delayed the implementation of this plan by ten years. Enyo Bori had to put on a military uniform and go to Serbia, pitted with trenches. Fortunately, his service at the front was not long: the Architect was transferred to Sarajevo, where he had to complete a number of monumental projects commissioned by the imperial family.
The castle is a truly grandiose and majestic structure, which harmoniously combines various architectural styles (Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance
On its territory there are more than 500 various works created both by Jeno Bori himself and his wife and daughter Klara, most of them are images of Ilona, created by the hand of her husband and decorating every room, every courtyard of Bori Var.
Numerous images of Ilona Bori, the wife of the architect, in sculptures, paintings or poems dedicated to her and carved on the stones of the castle, every corner of it tells about high feeling which he had for his beloved.
The chapel, the center of which is sculptural composition: Ilona in the image of the Madonna stands with her head half-lowered, and an angel perched at her feet, in which Jeno imprinted himself. On the wall behind the sculpture are depicted beauties of the past, yellow with envy, among which are easily recognizable images of Leonardo da Vinci's Gioconda, Raphael's Fornarina, Rembrandt's Saskia and Rubens' Helena Fourment.
Above the entrance to the interior there is an inscription: “Love is God. God is Love,” and next to it are two niches with busts of Jeno and Ilona. He looks lovingly at his wife, and she, as usual, lowered her eyes, and the same mysterious half-smile plays on her lips.
At the same time, this castle is also a testament to the architect’s love for his homeland, its history and culture. In the garden, on the terraces and under the arcades of the castle, the artist's studio displays more than 500 works of art made by Bory himself, his wife and daughter.
Walking through the castle, the visitor seems to be passing through historical eras, coming into contact with their symbols, with the heroes who identify their glorious pages, with the artists and thinkers who preserved their history for us.
In the garden, among the sculptures, there are fragments of bombs and shells that destroyed what was supposed to bring joy to people. Next to the tombstones of Turkish soldiers who trampled the soil of Hungary for 150 years, there is a monument to a Soviet soldier who corrected artillery fire from one of the castle towers and died for the liberation of foreign land.
On the terraces of the castle there are busts of famous Hungarian architects, painters and sculptors who determined the European face of Budapest and glorified Hungarian culture.
The walls are decorated with frescoes depicting the essence different ideologies, scenes of heated battles, the sublime spirit of romantic dreams.
The sword of Damocles hanging between the towers of the castle reminds us of the moral qualities of man, and the elephant holding the earthly sphere on itself reminds us of the progress of human thought.
The sculptures of the Hungarian kings, lined up along the perimeter of the fortress walls, seem to tell about the glorious and tragic moments of Hungarian history.
From the cloud-like heights of the castle towers, a calming panorama of the surrounding area opens up. Time spent within the romantic walls of this castle allows us to shake off the hustle and bustle of everyday life, worries and sorrows.
The castle turned out just as Bori had imagined it. Galleries and arches entwined with flowers, fairy-tale turrets with bright stained glass windows in round windows and decorated railings of narrow staircases. Sculptures of strange creatures that smile mysteriously from niches hidden in the greenery of the grapes... Enyo Bori continued building the castle until his death, which occurred in 1959.
Ilona died at 89...But both of them still live in this castle. In the walls folded by the hands of Ene Bori for his beloved. In countless portraits of Ilona. In luxurious flowers, which are now looked after by the grandchildren of Ene and Ilona.
In the smiles of newlyweds who come here - looking for a beautiful background for wedding photos? or a fairy tale that one day a loving man managed to make a reality for his beloved?...
The reconstruction of the castle, which fell into disrepair in 1980, was started by seven grandchildren of J. Bori. They founded a foundation, and, with the help of various subsidies, were able to restore the castle to virtually its original condition. 
His atmosphere of love for one's neighbor makes the soul purify, making it more susceptible to the high impulses inherent in everyone to a normal person who lived through this crazy twentieth century.
Here is the mentioned twin tower, standing somewhat separately, and then connected by an arched passage to the castle. Under it you can go into a small courtyard covered with ivy. People take pictures of each other under the hanging sword and the cast bas-relief of the arch. Only God is great says the inscription on it.
Ilona lived to be 89 years old, outliving Jena by 15 years. But their whole life was preserved in this castle. In the walls, in Ilona’s portraits, in the flowers, which Ilona and Ene’s grandchildren are now caring for. The fairy tale, which a loving man managed to bring into reality for his beloved, has been preserved throughout
P. Szabó Ernő: A várépítő szobrász, Bory Jenő későn született albumáról, Árgus, 2002/5.
Prohászka László: Bory Jenő Prohászka-érmei, Árgus, 2003/03.
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