Kings and Saints
The Age of the Árpáds
The exhibition entitled Kings and Saints – The Age of the Árpáds opened in Hungary’s historical sacred capital, the coronation town of the kings of the House of Árpád, on 18 March 2022. The archaeological artifacts and historical documents on display at the exhibition reveal the history of the Hungarians from Árpád’s arrival in the Carpathian Basin to the extinction of the House of Árpád upon the death of András III in 1301. The exhibition presents the history and material culture of a ruling family which – having arrived as an equestrian people of the steppe and later making Christianity a state religion – gave the world not only an apostolic king but also the highest number of saints from one family, and ruled the Carpathian Basin with a very strong hand for four hundred years, influencing almost all of Europe through its extensive dynastic connections.