Corvin Castle

Corvin Castle, also known as Hunyadi

Castle or Hunedoara Castle is a Gothic-
Renaissance castle in Hunedoara,
Romania.

 The legend of the fountain

 In the castle yard, there is a deep well that has its own story. According to
legend, the fountain was dug by three Turkish prisoners trying to reach for
water in exchange for their freedom.

 The prisoners started to dug in the rock and after 15 years they had finally
found the precious water, but John of Hunedoara did not keep his promise and
they were killed instead. It is said that the inscription on a wall of the well
means “you have water, but no soul”.

 The legend of the raven

 Fascinating legends are linked to the castle, one of them referring to the
blazon of the Corvin family: a raven holding a golden ring in its beak. It is said
that John of Hunedoara was the illegitimate son of Sigismund of Luxembourg,
king of Hungary, and of Elisabeth, a beautiful woman from Hateg Country.

 To protect her from dishonesty, the king marries her with Voicu, one of his
brave men, and gives her a ring for the unborn child, to be recognized when
he grows up and arrives at the royal court. During a voyage made by Voicu
family, the ring is forgotten at a rest stop, on a towel where the food was
placed.

 A raven, attracted by the brilliance of this object, steals the ring trying to get
away with it. The child John of Hunedoara takes a bow and an arrow and
catches the raven, recovering the ring. Later, when he grows up and reaches
the royal court, he tells the story and the King, impressed, decides that the
symbol of the Hunyadi family would be the raven with a gold ring in his beak.
  THE LEGEND OF THE TURKISH
PRISONERS

 There is more well-known folklore that surrounds Corvin Castle. Perhaps the
most famed legend to come out of the castle is a tale of three Turkish
Prisoners. It is told that these men were captured and held at the castle and
received a deal from the king. They were told if they could dig a well that
would strike water, they could go free. This was a seemingly impossible task
as the men would have to dig through solid stone. Nonetheless, they
persevered. Digging for around 15 years and reaching depths of almost 30
meters.

 Unfortunately, the prisoners did manage to find water, yet their captors did not
keep their word. Instead of being set free the men were murdered, but not
before inscribing a message to their murderers in stone, which remains etched
on the castle to this day. Their message reads: “you may have water, but you
have no soul.” Many claim that the prisoner’s ghosts may continue to haunt
the castle since their lives were unfairly taken from them.