József főhercegi palota

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Archduke Joseph's Palace (Hungarian: József főhercegi palota) is a former royal residence located on Castle Hill (Várhegy) in Budapest, Hungary. It was located next to Buda Castle. Currently, it is being reconstructed as part of a revival programme of the Buda castle hill. The site was occupied before by the Teleki Palace. The building was the property of Archduke Joseph Karl of Austria, second son of Archduke Joseph of Austria (Palatine of Hungary).

Middle Ages up to Siege of Buda: In the Middle Ages, two houses stood on the site where now the Archduke Joseph palace is. On the northern side stood the palace of László Pálóczi, who held the office of regional judge between 1446 and 1470. After Pálóczi's death, in 1471, King Matthias gave the building to Nicholas Csupor, Voivode of Transylvania. In 1474, it was transferred to the chapter house opposite it and became the residence of canons. Benedict Heym's house built in 1362 stood on the southern half of the plot, which was acquired in the 1380s by Cardinal Demeter, Archbishop of Esztergom, and after 1514 by the Bánffy family. During the Ottoman–Habsburg wars, both houses became ruins. After the siege of Buda and the...