Hunedoara Castle , known as Hunyad Castle or Corvin's Castle is located in the western-central part of Romania near the city Hunedoara, in Transylvania and was built in the 14th century. Originally, the castle was a small citadel and was given to Vajk (Romanian: Voicu) by King Sigismund of Luxemburg in 1409. Vajk's son, Johannes de Hunyad, began enlargement of the castle into a Gothic residence in 1446.