The Fisherman's Bastion, the masterwork of the architect Schulek, is made by three building units and several smaller units, according to Schulek's plans.
The stairs Schulek originally intended to build three-stage staircases reaching the Danube. Until the Fisherman's Bastion was built, in the place was a long stretch of narrow and dark Jesuit stairs, which reached the southern wall of the bastion. It was possible to access the Jesuit stairs from the Fishtown, which was unsuitable for major, larger traffic. Schulek altered the gateway, widening the stairs to 8 metres in some places, and its lower gate was accentuated with a stylish gable, incorporating an original lionic relief from a
Romanesque church excavated during the rampart work. Simple stairs made of
granite stone are placed on a brick foundation, and only the so-called "stairs" used on the railings were used. It was decorated with truncated, pierced forms with Romanian style features. On the right and left of the staircase, a statues of warriors representing different weaponry of the 10th century
Árpád age were placed guarding the gate (at the top of the stairs, under the arch). in the same style as the two founding leaders. In the narrow area in front of the Matthias Church sanctuary, there is an ornate parapet that connects the two corridors of the Fisherman's Bastion, allowing a view from below. The arcade-like barrier wall is decorated with a balcony in the axis of the middle staircase.
The statue of St. Stephen and the southern yard The third large unit of the monument complex is the southern bastion court and its associated founder, it is initially made by the
Stephen I of Hungary, the first king of Hungary. Schulek's original idea was to have a covered dome around the statue of St. Stephen, but for budgetary reasons a free-standing statue was placed in the middle of the southern courtyard enclosed by corridors on three sides. He asked the sculptor
Alajos Stróbl, to make the statue of
Szent István; he started the project in 1896 and completed it in 1906. After the statue was placed, its solemn was unveiled on 21 May 1906. On the morning of the inauguration, dr. Antal Nemes, the papal prelate and parish priest of Buda-Pest, then, after the mass, everyone withdrew around the statue and the veil fell under Alajos Stróbl's admonition. by
Alajos Stróbl The high priest toured the statue and consecrated it. The shroud was then returned. Three-quarters of government members once appeared:
Sándor Wekerle, Count
Albert Apponyi,
Ignác Darányi, Count
János Zichy and
Lajos Jekelfalussy. Finally, at one o'clock, the King himself arrived at the bell-ringing and the official ceremony began. For the statue of Stróbl, Schulek designed the Neo-Romanesque foundation, and around it was an oval-shaped, pierced stone and parapet railing, placed in the geometric centre of the southern bastion court. The foundation structure is decorated with reliefs originally used for murals designed for the walls of the hall, which commemorate a prominent moment of King Stephen's reign: the coronation scene, the introduction of the legislative act, the depiction of
Vienna and the
Austria-Hungary dualism, while on the back and east we see a series of scenes symbolising the temple construction, where Stróbl depicted the aging Schulek master as the bearded, kneeling, model of King Stephen in the form of a master builder. by
Tóth István Above the
relief is a richly decorated ledge, with gold medallions on its sides,
agnus dei, evangelist badges and double-cross reliefs. The ledge of the upper member of the foundation is supported by six solid, ornate columns of beams on which the bronze statue of the king is placed. Originally intended to replace the northern tower group, the Seven Leadership Sculpture Group, which was lifted out of the plan on the fly, was implemented with modifications and major changes to today's
Heroes' Square (Hősök tere).
Statue of John Hunyadi The
John Hunyadi statue erected at the turn of the John Hunyadi road is also an integral part of the Fisherman's Bastion.
Tóth István was commissioned to make the statue in 1899, which was ceremoniously inaugurated in 1903. The Neo-Gothic limestone foundation was also built according to Schulek's plans, forming a harmonising unit with the rest of the Fisherman's Bastion. The foundation is closed by leaf-shaped ledges, the façade features the coat of arms of Hunyadi, and the other sides have a marble decoration. The Hero in armor, with a raven-helmet on his head, resting on a pall, heavily on his pallet, with the flags and other military badges of the defeated Turks at his feet, symbolising his victory.
Statue of St. George Near the statue of John Hunyadi there is a bronze copy of the statue of St. George the Dragon from 1313 that can be found in the
Prague Castle, that original statue was made by medieval Hungarian masters (the
Kolozsvari Brothers).
Károly Antal made decades after the handover of the Fisherman's Bastion, in 1937, originally next to the Northwest Tower of the Fisherman's Bastion. A statue depicts friends of Julianus and Gerhardus who, on the orders of
Andrew II of Hungary, they set out to search for the remaining of the Hungarians in the
Ancient Homeland. . A typical example of the style of the
Római School and one of the outstanding works of the genre is the two-metre high bronze memorial. It was originally located next to the Northwest Tower of the Fisherman's Bastion, but in 1976, when the Hilton Hotel was being built, it was located in the horseshoe-shaped garden of the apse of the former
Dominican church. Its pedestal is a limestone of Haraszti with the following inscription: ==Overview==