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Exceptional buildings

Museums
Aquincum museum and ruin garden
There used to be a significant Roman city on the site of today’s Óbuda with two open-air theatres, so it is possible to see Roman ruins in Óbuda even ...
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Monuments of art
Buda Castle
The first, Gothic style palace was built during the reign of Louis the Great, King Sigismund and King Matthias (from the middle of the 14th century ...
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Monuments of art
Castle Vajdahunyad
The biggest museum of agriculture in Europe can be found in the Castle of Vajdahunyad on the Széchenyi-island in Városliget, Budapest in outstanding ...
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Monuments of art
Citadel
The Gellért Hill is the capital’s popular excursion place. The Citadel can also be found here. It used to be a fortress, which was erected in 1854 by ...
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Monuments of art
Fishermen's bastion
The main façade of the Fisherman’s Bastion, running parallel to the Danube, is approximately 140 metres long. The seven stone towers with their ...
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Monuments of art
Former Institute of Ballett (Dreschler Palace)
The Dreschler Palace, located opposite the Opera House, was built between 1883 and 1886 on the plans of Ödön Lechner and Gyula Pártos. The premises ...
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Monuments of art
Gresham Palace
An outstanding piece of Hungarian Art Nouveau architecture. Completed in 1907 on the plans of Zsigmond Quittner and the Vágó brothers, it served as ...
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Museums
House of Terror Museum
Having survived two terror regimes, it was felt that the time had come for Hungary to erect a fitting memorial to the victims, and at the same time ...
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Monuments of art
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
A nationwide campaign was started to raise money for the building in 1860, with the design competition launched in 1861. Construction works begun in ...
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Museums
Hungarian National Gallery
The Hungarian National Gallery, was established in 1957 as the national art museum. It is located in Buda Castle in Budapest, Hungary. The ...
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Museums
Hungarian National Museum
The Hungarian National Museum is the national museum of Hungary. The museum building is in Budapest VIII and was built in the Classical style 1837-47 ...
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Monuments of art
Keleti Railway Station
Budapest Keleti pályaudvar is the largest among the three main railway stations in Budapest. It can be found in the 8th district, on Baross Square. ...
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Churches
Mathias Church
The church is officially called The Church of Our Lady, and served as a coronation church from the 16th century on. Its vast ecclesiastical ...
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Museums
Museum of Ethnography
The Museum of Ethnography is one of the oldest institutions in Hungary. It was founded as a subdivision of the Hungarian National Museum in 1872. Its ...
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Museums
Museum of Fine Arts
The Museum of Fine Arts, opened in 1906, is reputed to be among Europe’s most prominent museums. Its multi-faceted collections and their historical ...
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Museums
Museum of Hungarian Agriculture
The biggest museum of agriculture in Europe can be found in the Castle of Vajdahunyad on the Széchenyi-island in Városliget, Budapest in outstanding ...
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Concert halls
Music Academy
The Academy of Music is the flagship of Hungarian musical education, and the most prestigious concert venue of Budapest. Its current building, the ...
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Concert halls
Palace of Arts
When the Palace of Arts, Budapest and Hungary's long-awaited new cultural hub, opened in 2005, it was built to represent more than a hundred years of ...
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Monuments of art
Parliament
The Parliament, built in Neo-Gothic style and located on the bank of the Danube, serves as the permanent seat of the National Assembly. The building ...
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Concert halls
Pest Redout
The most beautiful concert hall in Budapest, located along the Danube Promenade in Pest, was completed in 1865, replacing an earlier concert hall ...
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Churches
St. Stephen's Basilica
It is the largest church in Budapest, the 96-metre dome of which can be seen from virtually all parts of the city. The Basilica’s construction begun ...
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Churches
Synagogue in Dohany Street
The size of the building, which was inaugurated in 1659, reflects the significance of the Jewish population in the capital in that period. The ...
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