Water could easily find its way in the limestone soil of Buda Hills and created caves underneath the Castle Hill. The first inhabitants of Buda quickly realised that wine cellars and the magnificent view went well together, so they excavated the soil together with the clayey mud, as a result of which those underground cavities have finally shaped out a labyrinth.

These days a part of the cave system still can be visited: entrances to the Buda Castle Labyrinth are approachable from the directions o f “Úri utca” or “Lovas utca”. In former times the first Hungarian Wax Museum could be found here but it was closed down in 1996 due to damages caused in the historic wax figures by the underground climate, high humidity and permanent wet.

Since that time various permanent exhibitions can be visited in the caves: the Palaeolithic Labyrinth exhibits copies of the most famous cave-paintings in Europe, the Historical Labyrinth gives a historical overview about the history of Hungarians starting from the times of the great migrations up to the end of the middle ages. The “Labyrinth of the Other World” exhibits the imprints of articles for personal use originating from an imaginary civilisation.

Some claim there are ventilation drains behind the grids while others imagine an undiscovered secret system of tunnels built by the German occupation army in World War II. However, the truth is much more prosaic.

Source: [origo]
Translation by: Katalin Györe, Interpreter, Translator, Office Management & Expat Services