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| Anna Cafe is located in the middle of a pedestrian zone (Vaci utca) and is open from early morning to midnight. |
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| The statue of Anonymus who was a chronicler in the XII century (probably of King Béla III). He wrote the first history books on the ancient Hungarians, mostly based on legends. Superstition says that by touching his pen you will receive good luck. |
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| Castle Hill |
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| Castle Hill with the Royal Palace |
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Chain Bridge - Szechenyi lanchid |
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| This was the very first bridge to link the two cities of Buda and Pest. The project was started in 1839 by designer William Tierney Clark and engineer Adam Clark, and was completed in 1849. |
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The designer Ignac Alpar placed a small chapel with a central bell tower among the group of buildings in the Vajdahunyad Chastel. |
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| Clark Adam |
| Adam Clark was a British engineer who built the first permanent bridge, Lanc Hid or Chain Bridge, over the Danube in the 1940's. |
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| District I - Castle District |
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District I -
District 1 includes the northern side of Gellert hill
(Gellérthegy), Krisztinaváros, Naphegy, Tabán, Vár (Castle), Váralja,
Vérmező and Viziváros. District 1 is a small area in central Buda (the western side), including the historic Buda Castle. |
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| District V - Belváros (Inner City - Downtown) |
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| District VII - Erzsébetváros |
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District 7 is the center of Jewish Budapest.
It includes the synagogue neighbourhood, clubs and music venues, and
then stretches
across the Körút
up to Városliget (City
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| The Danube (ancient Danuvius, Iranian *dānu, meaning "river" or "stream", ancient Greek Ἴστρος Istros) is the longest river in the European Union and Europe's second longest river. It originates in the Black Forest in Germany as two smaller rivers — the Brigach and the Breg — which join at Donaueschingen; it is from this point that it is known as the Danube. The river flows eastwards for a distance of some 2850 km (1771 miles), passing through several Central and Eastern European capitals, before emptying into the Black Sea via the Danube Delta in Romania and Ukraine. |
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| This bridge is named for Hungary’s most beloved queen. The original Erzsebet Bridge, completed 1903, was destroyed during World War II. The new version is a white suspension bridge shooting out from the base of Gellert Hill and into Kossuth Lajos utca, perpendicular to Budapest’s main shopping street – Vaci utca. Constructed from a design by Pat Savoly, it was finished in 1964. |
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The Fisherman's Bastion and Matthias Church as seen from the Danube. The
Halászbástya or Fisherman's Bastion is a terrace in neo-Gothic and
neo-Romanesque style situated on the Buda bank of the Danube, on the
Castle Hill in Budapest, around Matthias Church. It was designed and
built between 1895 and 1902 on the plans of Frigyes Schulek. The seven
towers represent the seven Magyar tribes that settled in the Carpathian
Basin in 896.
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| Funicular |
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| Built in 1870, the two cars travel up and down every day from morning to evening. |
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| Great Synagogue |
| Second in size only to the one in New York, this amazing Byzantine-Moorish construction is situated on the edge of the Old Ghetto. It was restored and re-inaugurated in the presence of famous Jews such as Yitzak Rabin and Tony Curtis. |
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| Keleti palyoudvar |
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| The Keleti station was built in 1884 and is the second oldest train station in Budapest after Nyugati. Designed by Gyula Rochlitz and Janos Feketehazy. |
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| Kolonnade - Hősök tere - Heroe's Square |
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| The Kolonnade is a semicircular, decorated row of columns which serves Hungarian history as Pantheon. Between the columns one finds fixed images of rulers and important historical shapes of Hungary of the beginnings in Europe up to the end 19. Century. Figures from left to right: Stephan I. (Ith István), Ladislaus I. (Ith László), Koloman (Könyves Kálmán), Andreas's II. (IITH András), Béla IV., Karl I. (Károly Róbert), Ludwig I. (Ith Lajos), János Hunyadi, Matthias Corvinus, István Bocskai, Imre Thököly, Franz IITH Rákóczi (IITH Rákóczi Ferenc), Lajos Kossuth |
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The official name of Matthias Church is the Church of Our Lady. This Gothic Style church was constructed between the 13th and the 15th centuries. During the Turkish invasion (1541) it became a Mosque and all its frescoes were destroyed. When the Turks were expelled, the temple became a Jesuits’ Church. The Christian armies re-took the city in 1686 with the leadership of King Leopold I. He decided to give the church to the Jesuits who completely refurbished it in a Baroque style. In 1867, Franz Josef (Emperor of Austria) and his wife "Sissy" Elizabeth were crowned here as heads of the Astro-Hungarian Empire. Franz Liszt a famous Hungarian composer, wrote and conducted the coronation music. After WWII's destructions, it took 20 years to reconstruct the church back to its original state. |
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| Metro - the oldest underground in Europe. Station Hősök tere |
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| Milleniumi emlekmü - Hősök tere - Heroe's Square |
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The Millenniumsdenkmal (Hungarian: Millenniumi emlékmu) stands in the
center of the place and reminds us of the heroes of Hungarian history.
Heroes' Square (Hősök tere in Hungarian) is one of the major squares of Budapest, Hungary. It lies at the end of Andrássy Avenue (with which it comprises part of the World Heritage), next to the City Park. It is surrounded by two important buildings, Museum of Fine Arts on the left and Palace of Art (or Art Exhibition Museum) on the right. |
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| Parliament Building |
| The inspiration of the Parliament Building is said to have been the Palace of Westminster in London. The Government is housed in a small portion of the building. In front of the building is the Eternal Flame. |
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Budapest's recorded history begins with the Roman town of Aquincum,
founded around AD 89 on the site of an earlier Celtic settlement near
what was to become Óbuda. It was the commercial town of Pest that enjoyed the faster growth rate in the 18th and 19th century and contributed the overwhelming majority of the cities' combined growth in the 19th century. By 1800 its population was larger than that of Buda and Óbuda combined. The population of Pest grew twenty-fold in the following century to 600,000, while that of Buda and Óbuda quintupled. Although the three cities remained separate, they were collectively referred to as Pest-Buda. |
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| Prince Árpád |
| Rider statues of Prince Árpád. |
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| St Stephans Basilica - Szent István Bazilika |
| This church is said to be second only to St Peter’s in Rome and can allegedly hold 7000 people. It was completed in 1905. It contains the mummified hand of St Stephen himself, which is paraded around the city on his name day. The cathedral has a height of 96 meters. |
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| St Stephan - Ith István |
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István I was the
founder of the Hungarian empire and is the Holy patron
of Hungary. A bronze statue of Stephan I of Hungary mounted on a horse, erected in 1906, can be seen between the Bastion and the Matthias Church. The pedestal was made by Alajos Stróbl, based on the plans of Frigyes Schulek, in Neo-Romanesque style, with episodes illustrating the King's life. |
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The monument for King Stephan I / István I, who was the founder of the Hungarian empire and the Holy patron of Hungary. This monument is one of the main attractions in the Fisher Bastion. The monument was made by Alajos Stróbl and errected in 1903. |
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| Vaci utca |
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| Pedestrian-only street runs from Vorosmarty ter all the way to Vamhaz korut and the Market Hall. |
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Vajdahunyad Castle, or Vajdahunyad vára, is a castle in City Park, Budapest that was built between 1896 and 1908, designed by Ignác Alpár. Originally it was made from cardboard and wood for the millennial exhibition in 1896 but it became so popular that it was rebuilt from stone and brick. Today it houses the Agricultural Museum. The statue of Anonymus, also displayed in the Castle Court, was a chronicler in the XII century (probably of King Béla III). He wrote the first history books on the ancient Hungarians, mostly based on legends. The group of buildings represent different architectural masterpieces in the Romanesque, Gothic and Baroque styles. |
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| Where the above information was researched - www.wikipedia.com, www.schmap.com, www.filolog.com/budapest_districtguide1.html |