This sumptuous art nouveau building facing the Danube across V Sz茅chenyi Istv谩n t茅r, with its gold tiles, mosaics and celebrated wrought-iron Peacock Gates, was built by an English insurance company in 1907. It now houses the luxury Four Seasons Gresham Palace Hotel.
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
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On the southern end of V Sz茅chenyi Istv谩n t茅r is a statue of Ferenc De谩k, the Hungarian minister largely responsible for the Compromise of 1867, which鈥
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Arguably the most striking of all the bridges in Budapest, twin-towered Sz茅chenyi Chain Bridge, which is named in honour of its initiator, Istv谩n鈥
3. Urban Bety谩r Ethnographical Visitors Centre
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Although just a marketing tool to get people to eat at the Urban Bety谩r Restaurant, this little museum does an excellent job portraying Hungarian rural鈥
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A controversial statue of Hungary's intra-war leader, Mikl贸s Horthy, considered a hero by the right wing but reviled as a fascist dictator by many others,鈥
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At the northern end of V谩ci utca lies V枚r枚smarty t茅r, a large square surrounded by smart shops, galleries and cafes. In the centre is a statue of Mih谩ly鈥
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This Romantic-style concert hall, built in 1865 but badly damaged during WWII, faces the river to the west of V枚r枚smarty t茅r. Reopened in 2014 after a鈥
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This memorial dedicated to the 'victims of the German occupation' appeared at the southern end of V Szabads谩g t茅r in July 2014. It remains extremely鈥
8. Basilica of St Stephen Treasury
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The treasury of the Basilica of St Stephen contains ecclesiastical objects, including censers, chalices, ciboria and vestments, plus an unforgettable art鈥