VISEGRÁD, HUNGARY—Hungary Today reports that researchers from King Matthias Museum and the National Archaeological Institute of the Hungarian National Museum excavated the site of a medieval palace in northern Hungary, and discovered a pair of gilded silver clothing clasps in its courtyard. The jewelry, dated to the first half of the fourteenth century, would have been worn at a woman’s neckline. The researchers think the clasps may have been worn by Queen Elizabeth Piast, a member of the Polish royal house of Piast who married Charles I of Hungary in 1320. She is thought to have lived at the Visegrád palace after the death of her husband in 1342. The building was eventually demolished at the end of the fourteenth century. Replicas of the historic structures will be built as part of the Visegrád Renaissance Development Program. To read about a Roman doctor's instruments unearthed near present-day Jászberény, go to "Around the World: Hungary."
