Attila exhibition

Who was Attila the Hun? Precious little source information remains from the life of this notorious leader, the Scourge of God, who laid waste to much of this region in the fifth century CE. In the most significant exhibition to be staged in Hungary for the last 40 years, the National Museum has collated some 400 artefacts from 64 museums across 13 countries, most notably the British Museum, the Louvre in Abu Dhabi and the National Museum in Baku.

Along with the various items of jewellery and weaponry, pride of place goes to the painting The Meeting of Leo the Great and Attila, attributed to Raphael and his assistants, usually stored at the Pope's official residence in the Vatican, now on view to the public for the first time in 120 years.