Andrássy Avenue connects central Pest with City Park. Its nineteenth-century buildings, broad sidewalks and historic underground railway form part of Budapest’s UNE…
Buda 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.
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…
The Dohány Street Synagogue stands in Budapest’s Erzsébetváros district. The complex includes the Great Synagogue, the Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives, a cemet…
Heroes’ Square stands at the end of Andrássy Avenue, beside City Park. The Millennium Monument rises between the Museum of Fine Arts and the Kunsthalle.
The 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.
The Hungarian National Museum traces Hungary’s history and archaeology in a Neoclassical building in Budapest. Its collections began with a donation by Count Ferenc…
The 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…
The Hungarian State Opera House stands on Andrássy Avenue in central Budapest. The neo-Renaissance theatre was designed by Miklós Ybl and opened in 1884.
Margaret 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…
The Museum of Fine Arts faces Heroes’ Square in Budapest. It opened in 1906 and houses European paintings, sculpture, and Egyptian and classical antiquities.
On 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…
Saint 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.
Széchenyi 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.