Among the more unusual St David’s Day stories today, is this one about a remote Hungarian castle lit up in Welsh colours, as villagers send their best wishes to their far-away friends in Wales.

A video released this morning by Welsh-Hungarian cultural initiative Magyar Cymru shows the picturesque Bréda Castle in southeast Hungary lit up in the colours of ‘Y Draig Goch’, as the sound of the Welsh national anthem fills the nearby woodlands.

The historic Bréda Castle was keen to send a message to their far-away friends as they prepared to celebrate the most important day in their culture.

Elizabeth Sillo, chair of the volunteer-led Welsh-Hungarian Cultural Association, which worked with locals to arrange the unique light projection, said: "We wanted to send a message to our Welsh friends as they mark St David’s Day in an undoubtedly difficult year. We’d like everyone in Wales to know that there’s a place, in Hungary, where people have such admiration for their culture – and where they are always welcome!

“Located in a remote part of the Great Hungarian Plain, close to the Romanian border, Bréda Castle is best known as Europe’s first permanent projection mapping installation – and so it gave locals the perfect opportunity to send their best wishes to Wales from afar.”

The heartfelt gesture was inspired by the people of nearby Kunágota – branded Hungary’s “Welshest” village – who have grown fond of Wales ever since Elizabeth, a Kunágota-born classical singer, returned to her roots from Cardiff and introduced Welsh hymns to the community a few years ago.

More recently, Kunágota has been exchanging video messages and symbolic gifts with the town of Montgomery in Mid Wales – a town with literary links to Hungary – while news of the village’s Welsh-Hungarian concerts have spread across Békés County.

Meanwhile, local children and adults spent St David’s Day weekend learning all about the Welsh culture, as the WHCA distributed Hungarian-language posters in the community to the delight of its Wales-loving residents.

Dan Langford, co-founder and chair of the Wales Week initiative which encompasses over 20 Wales Week programmes worldwide, said: “It’s fantastic to see Hungary joining our ever-growing list of international Wales Week programmes this year, to celebrate Wales’ cultural heritage and help us generate a great load of Welsh noise around the time of St David’s Day."

You can watch Magyar Cymru's video below