Matthias Fountain – Hungary’s Trevi

Alajos Stróbl’s celebrated group shows King Matthias, hunters and the legendary beauty Ilonka. One figure with a falcon and manuscripts is Galeotto Marzio—astronomer, poet, historian, philosopher and physician. The ensemble was restored under the Hauszmann Program. (Legend of Ilonka and the prince: a bittersweet love story ending in reunion in the hereafter—ask your guide or read the on-site panel for the full tale.)
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Trivia

The middle dog is a replica—one of the original dog figures was carried off by Soviet soldiers during WWII as a “souvenir.”

Did you know?

Locals often call it the “Hungarian Trevi Fountain.”