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Andrássy Avenue
Andrássy útAndrássy Avenue connects central Pest with City Park. Its nineteenth-century buildings, broad sidewalks and historic underground railway form part of Budapest’s UNE…
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Buda Castle
Budavári PalotaBuda Castle is the historic palace of the Hungarian kings in Budapest. The complex occupies the southern tip of Castle Hill. It now houses museums and a library.
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Citadella
The Citadella is a fortification on Gellért Hill in Budapest. Its summit location offers a view of the Danube. The Liberty Statue stands at the eastern end of the c…
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City Park
VárosligetCity Park is a public park in Budapest. Its attractions include the Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden, the Széchenyi Baths and the Capital Circus.
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Dohány Street Synagogue
Dohány utcai zsinagógaThe Dohány Street Synagogue stands in Budapest’s Erzsébetváros district. The complex includes the Great Synagogue, the Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives, a cemet…
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Fisherman’s Bastion
HalászbástyaFisherman’s Bastion is a monument in the Buda Castle District of Budapest. It is known for its lookout terraces in the Neo-Romanesque style.
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Great Market Hall
NagyvásárcsarnokThe Great Market Hall is a covered market in Budapest. It opened in 1897 at Fővám Square, near the Pest end of the Liberty Bridge.
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Heroes’ Square
Hősök tereHeroes’ Square stands at the end of Andrássy Avenue, beside City Park. The Millennium Monument rises between the Museum of Fine Arts and the Kunsthalle.
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House of Music Hungary
Magyar Zene HázaThe House of Music Hungary is a concert and exhibition venue in Budapest’s City Park. Sou Fujimoto designed its glass walls and undulating roof.
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House of Terror
Terror HázaThe House of Terror is a museum and memorial at 60 Andrássy Avenue in Budapest. The building was used by the Arrow Cross and later by the communist political police.
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Hungarian National Gallery
Magyar Nemzeti GalériaThe Hungarian National Gallery is an art museum in the former Royal Palace of Buda Castle. Its collections trace the history of art in Hungary.
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Hungarian National Museum
Magyar Nemzeti MúzeumThe Hungarian National Museum traces Hungary’s history and archaeology in a Neoclassical building in Budapest. Its collections began with a donation by Count Ferenc…
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Hungarian Parliament Building
OrszágházThe Hungarian Parliament Building stands on the eastern bank of the Danube. Its central dome and Gothic Revival façade face the river, while the principal entrance…
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Hungarian State Opera House
Magyar Állami OperaházThe Hungarian State Opera House stands on Andrássy Avenue in central Budapest. The neo-Renaissance theatre was designed by Miklós Ybl and opened in 1884.
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Margaret Island
MargitszigetMargaret Island lies in the Danube in central Budapest. Most of the island is parkland. It stretches between Margaret Bridge to the south and Árpád Bridge to the no…
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Matthias Church
Mátyás-templomMatthias Church is a Catholic church in the Buda Castle District. It stands on Holy Trinity Square, next to Fisherman’s Bastion.
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Museum of Fine Arts
Szépművészeti MúzeumThe Museum of Fine Arts faces Heroes’ Square in Budapest. It opened in 1906 and houses European paintings, sculpture, and Egyptian and classical antiquities.
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Rudas Thermal Bath
Rudas GyógyfürdőRudas is a thermal bath on the Buda side of the Elisabeth Bridge. The bath retains an Ottoman dome and an octagonal pool.
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Shoes on the Danube Bank
Cipők a Duna-partonOn the Pest bank of the Danube, cast-iron shoes mark a Holocaust memorial. They recall people murdered along the river by Arrow Cross gunmen during the Second World…
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St Stephen’s Basilica
Szent István-bazilikaSaint Stephen’s Basilica is a Roman Catholic church in Budapest. It is named after Stephen, the first king of Hungary. It is on Saint Stephen’s Square.
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Széchenyi Chain Bridge
Széchenyi lánchídThe Széchenyi Chain Bridge spans the Danube between Buda and Pest. It was the first permanent bridge across the Danube in the Hungarian capital.
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Széchenyi Thermal Bath
Széchenyi Gyógyfürdő és UszodaSzéchenyi Thermal Bath stands in Budapest’s City Park. The complex opened in 1913 and now includes pools within its historic building and in the open air.
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