The exhibits at the Postal Museum 鈥 original 19th-century post-office counters, old uniforms and coaches, some big brass horns 鈥 probably won't do much for you. But the museum is housed in the Egyed Palace (now Bencz煤r House), built at the end of the 19th century and beautifully preserved. Even the communal staircase and hallway are richly decorated with tapestries and fantastic stained glass.
老澳门六合彩开奖记录's must-see attractions
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Castle Hill is a kilometre-long limestone plateau towering 170m above the Danube. It contains some of Budapest鈥檚 most important medieval monuments and鈥
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The largest church in Hungary sits on Castle Hill, and its 72m-high central dome can be seen for many kilometres around. The building of the present鈥
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Budapest's stunning Great Synagogue is the world's largest Jewish house of worship outside New York City. Built in 1859, the synagogue has both Romantic鈥
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Home to more than 40 statues, busts and plaques of Lenin, Marx, B茅la Kun and others whose likenesses have ended up on trash heaps elsewhere, Memento Park,鈥
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Budapest鈥檚 neoclassical cathedral is the most sacred Catholic church in all of Hungary and contains its most revered relic: the mummified right hand of鈥
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The headquarters of the dreaded 脕VH secret police houses the disturbing House of Terror, focusing on the crimes and atrocities of Hungary's fascist and鈥
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The Eclectic-style Parliament, designed by Imre Steindl and completed in 1902, has 691 sumptuously decorated rooms. You鈥檒l get to see several of these and鈥
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The Hungarian National Museum houses the nation鈥檚 most important collection of historical relics in an impressive neoclassical building, purpose built in鈥
Nearby Budapest attractions
1. Ferenc Hopp Museum of East Asian Art
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This museum of East Asian art is housed in the former villa of its benefactor and namesake; the pagoda in front gives the game away. Founded in 1919, the鈥
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This cream-coloured villa designed by Emil Vidor (1867鈥1952) in 1902 is among the purest 鈥 and most extravagant 鈥 examples of art nouveau architecture in鈥
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This green villa with its curious turret was designed by Emil Vidor Emil Vidor (1867鈥1952) for his father in 1905 and incorporates any number of European鈥
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The one-time home of the eponymous first director (1828鈥1905) of the Museum of Applied Arts has recently opened and is a shrine to art nouveau鈥
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This lovely residence with phenomenal stained glass and grillwork was designed by Zolt谩n B谩lint and Lajos J谩mbor in 1902.
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Built as a family home in 1899, this delightful villa at the top end of V谩rosligeti fasor near City Park is master architect K谩lm谩n Albert K枚r枚ssy's most鈥
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A stunning example of late art nouveau architecture designed by Alad谩r Arkay in 1913, with carved wooden gates, stained glass and ceramic tiles on the鈥
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The Timewheel, on City Park鈥檚 western edge, is the world鈥檚 largest hourglass, standing 8m high and weighing 60 tonnes. Unveiled in 2004 to commemorate鈥