Ignác Alpár designed the castle in 1896 as part of the Millennial Exhibition, which marked 1,000 years since the Hungarian Conquest in 895. It was first built of cardboard and wood. The article says it was rebuilt of stone and brick between 1904 and 1908, a claim tagged as needing a citation. It names no client.
It copies parts of landmark buildings from across the Kingdom of Hungary, especially Hunyad Castle in Hunedoara, Romania. The article describes an eclectic collage of Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque elements, also tagged as needing a citation. It gives no dimensions.
The castle stands in Budapest City Park. It houses the Museum of Hungarian Agriculture, which the article described in 2015 as the largest agricultural museum in Europe. A statue of Anonymus by Miklós Ligeti stands in the courtyard, and a bust of Béla Lugosi is on an outer wall. The article states no ownership or visiting details.
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