The Turkish domination reduced these castles to ashes and it was only in the reign of Maria Theresa that a new building was erected (1748--77) in Baroque style. A century later the Castle was enlarged, but it was only after its complete reconstruction (1894-- 1905) by Nicolas Ybl, that it attained to its present imposing magnitude and beauty. While retaining the original Baroque style, it was completed by a mighty dome-crowned centre building (62 m. high), and a northern wing, and also by an immense four-storey high West building (with its imposing foundation walls, seven storeys high); it possesses today a facade 304 meters long and contains 860 beautiful rooms.

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Adapted from Illustrated Description of Hungary and its Capital