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The Shoes on the Danube Bank is a memorial erected on 16 April 2005, in Budapest, Hungary. Conceived by film director Can Togay, he created it on the east bank of the Danube River with sculptor Gyula Pauer to honour the Jews who were massacred by fascist Hungarian militia belonging to the Arrow Cross Party in Budapest during the Second World War. They were ordered to take off their shoes, and were shot at the edge of the water so that their bodies fell into the river and were carried away. The memorial represents their shoes left behind on the bank.
The House of Hungarian Music was built in Budapest's City Park, next to Lake Városliget, near the castle of Vajdahunyad, on the site of the old, demolished Hungexpo offices. In the permanent exhibitions of the institution, established as part of the Liget Budapest Project, universal and Hungarian music history also play an important role. The building was designed by Japanese star architect Sosuke Fujimoto, who intended a translucent glass structure close to nature among the trees of the grove.
Franz Liszt was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist, conductor and teacher of the Romantic period. With a diverse body of work spanning more than six decades, he is considered to be one of the most prolific and influential composers of his era, and his piano works continue to be widely performed and recorded.
4. Erzsébet Square
In the V. district of Erzsébet Square Budapest. It is bordered by Vienna Street, József Attila Street, Bajcsy-Zsilinszky Street and Thirty ad Street. This is the largest green space in downtown Pest.
5. Citadella
The Citadella is the fortification located upon the top of Gellért Hill in Budapest, Hungary. Citadella is the Hungarian word for citadel, a kind of fortress. The word is exclusively used by other languages to refer to the Gellért Hill citadel which occupies a place which held strategic importance in Budapest's military history.
6. Dohány Street Synagogue
The Dohány Street Synagogue, also known as the Great Synagogue or Tabakgasse Synagogue, is a historical building on Dohány Street in Erzsébetváros, the 7th district of Budapest, Hungary. It is the largest synagogue in Europe, seating 3,000 people and is a centre of Neolog Judaism.
7. Gellért Hill
Gellért Hill is a 235 m (771 ft) high hill overlooking the Danube in Budapest, Hungary. It is located in the 1st and the 11th districts. The hill was named after Saint Gerard who was thrown to death from the hill. The famous Hotel Gellért and the Gellért Baths can be found in Gellért Square at the foot of the hill, next to Liberty Bridge. The Gellért Hill Cave is also located on the hill, facing the hotel and the Danube.
8. Little Princess
The original 50 cm statuette of the Little Princess (Kiskirálylány) Statue sitting on the railings of the Danube promenade in Budapest, Hungary was created by László Marton (1925–2008) Munkácsy- and Kossuth Prize-winning sculptor in 1972.
9. Vajdahunyad Castle
Vajdahunyad Castle is a castle in the City Park of Budapest, Hungary. It is a copy of Hunyad Castle, known as Corvin Castle, in Hunedoara, Romania. It was built in 1896 as part of the Millennial Exhibition which celebrated the 1,000 years of Hungary since the Hungarian Conquest of the Carpathian Basin in 895. The castle was designed by Ignác Alpár to feature copies of several landmark buildings from different parts of the Kingdom of Hungary, especially the Hunyad Castle in Transylvania. As the castle contains parts of buildings from various time periods, it displays different architectural styles: Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance, and Baroque. Originally, it was made from cardboard and wood, but it became so popular that it was rebuilt from stone and brick between 1904 and 1908. Today, it houses the Museum of Hungarian Agriculture, the biggest agricultural museum in Europe.
10. Matthias Church
The Church of the Assumption of the Buda Castle, more commonly known as the Matthias Church, more rarely the Coronation Church of Buda, is a Catholic church located in the Holy Trinity Square, Budapest, Hungary, in front of the Fisherman's Bastion at the heart of Buda's Castle District. According to church tradition, it was originally built in Romanesque style in 1015, although few references exist. The current building was constructed in the florid late Gothic style in the second half of the 14th century and was extensively restored in the late 19th century. It was the second largest church of medieval Buda and the seventh largest church of the medieval Hungarian Kingdom.
11. Fisherman's Bastion
The Halászbástya or Fisherman's Bastion is one of the best known monuments in Budapest, located near the Buda Castle, in the 1st district of Budapest. It is one of the most important tourist attractions due to the unique panorama of Budapest from the Neo-Romanesque lookout terraces. The Fishermen's Bastion's main façade, parallel to the Danube, is approximately 140 meters long, of which the southern aisle is about 40 meters long, the north is 65 meters long, and the ornate central parapet is 35 meters long. Its seven high-pitched stone towers symbolize the seven chieftains of the Hungarians who founded Hungary in 895.
12. 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. Its collections cover Hungarian art in all genres, including the works of many nineteenth- and twentieth-century Hungarian artists who worked in Paris and other locations in the West. The primary museum for international art in Budapest is the Museum of Fine Arts.
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13. Szimpla Kert
Szimpla Kert is a ruin bar or romkocsma, which means "Simple Garden" in Hungarian, located in the Jewish Quarter of the 7th district of Budapest, Hungary. It is considered the pioneer of ruin bars. The pub started as a place for people to find a cheap drink in a relaxed environment, but has grown to become a tourist attraction and community center. Movie showings, live music performances, an art gallery, the Kazinczy Living Library, the Szimpla Farmers' Market, and the Szimpla Bringa bicycle flea market are just a few of the community activities that are held at the bar.
14. Hungarian State Opera House
The Hungarian State Opera House is a historic opera house located in central Budapest, on Andrássy út. Originally known as the Hungarian Royal Opera House, it was designed by Miklós Ybl, a major figure of 19th-century Hungarian architecture. Construction began in 1875, funded by the city of Budapest and by Emperor Franz Joseph I of Austria-Hungary, and the new house opened to the public on the 27 September 1884. Before the closure of the "Népszínház" in Budapest, it was the third largest opera building in the city; today it is the second largest opera house in Budapest and in Hungary.
15. Great Market Hall
The Great Market Hall or Central Market Hall, Market Hall I is the largest and oldest indoor market in Budapest, Hungary. The idea of building such a large market hall arose from the first mayor of Budapest, Károly Kamermayer, and it was his largest investment. He retired in 1896 and participated in the opening ceremony on February 15, 1897.
16. Noah's Ark
Noah's Ark is the boat in the Genesis flood narrative through which God spares Noah, his family, and examples of all the world's animals from a global deluge. The story in Genesis is based on earlier flood myths originating in Mesopotamia, and is repeated, with variations, in the Quran, where the Ark appears as Safinat Nūḥ and al-fulk. The myth of the global flood that destroys all life begins to appear in the Old Babylonian Empire period. The version closest to the biblical story of Noah, as well as its most likely source, is that of Utnapishtim in the Epic of Gilgamesh.
17. Beethoven
Ludwig van Beethoven was a German composer and pianist. He is one of the most revered figures in the history of Western music; his works rank among the most performed of the classical music repertoire and span the transition from the Classical period to the Romantic era in classical music. His early period, during which he forged his craft, is typically considered to have lasted until 1802. From 1802 to around 1812, his middle period showed an individual development from the styles of Joseph Haydn and Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, and is sometimes characterized as heroic. During this time, Beethoven began to grow increasingly deaf. In his late period, from 1812 to 1827, he extended his innovations in musical form and expression.
18. Rubik's Cube
The Rubik's Cube is a 3D combination puzzle invented in 1974 by Hungarian sculptor and professor of architecture Ernő Rubik. Originally called the Magic Cube, the puzzle was licensed by Rubik to be sold by Pentangle Puzzles in the UK in 1978, and then by Ideal Toy Corp in 1980 via businessman Tibor Laczi and Seven Towns founder Tom Kremer. The cube was released internationally in 1980 and became one of the most recognized icons in popular culture. It won the 1980 German Game of the Year special award for Best Puzzle. As of January 2024, around 500 million cubes had been sold worldwide, making it the world's bestselling puzzle game and bestselling toy. The Rubik's Cube was inducted into the US National Toy Hall of Fame in 2014.
19. Kermit the Frog
The Muppet Show is a British-American variety sketch comedy television series created by Jim Henson and starring the Muppets. The series originated as two pilot episodes produced by Henson for ABC in 1974 and 1975. While neither episode was moved forward as a series and other networks in the United States rejected Henson's proposals, British producer Lew Grade expressed enthusiasm for the project and agreed to co-produce The Muppet Show for the British station ATV. Five seasons, totalling 120 episodes, were broadcast on ATV and other ITV franchises in the United Kingdom and in first-run syndication in the United States from 1976 to 1981. The programme was produced and recorded at the ATV Elstree Studios in Borehamwood, Hertfordshire.
20. IV. Károly király
Charles I was Emperor of Austria, King of Hungary and King of Croatia, King of Bohemia, and the last of the monarchs belonging to the House of Habsburg-Lorraine to rule over Austria-Hungary. The son of Archduke Otto of Austria and Princess Maria Josepha of Saxony, Charles became heir presumptive of Emperor Franz Joseph when his uncle Archduke Franz Ferdinand of Austria was assassinated in 1914. In 1911, he married Princess Zita of Bourbon-Parma. He is venerated in the Catholic Church, was beatified by Pope John Paul II on 3 October 2004, and is known to the Catholic Church as Blessed Karl of Austria.
21. D-odú
The common starling, also known as the European starling in North America and simply as the starling in Great Britain and Ireland, is a medium-sized passerine bird in the starling family, Sturnidae. It is about 20 cm (8 in) long and has glossy black plumage with a metallic sheen, which is speckled with white at some times of year. The legs are pink and the bill is black in winter and yellow in summer; young birds have browner plumage than the adults. It is a noisy bird, especially in communal roosts and other gregarious situations, with an unmusical but varied song. Its gift for mimicry has been noted in literature including the Mabinogion and the works of Pliny the Elder and William Shakespeare.
22. Solti György
Sir Georg Solti was a Hungarian-British orchestral and operatic conductor, known for his appearances with opera companies in Munich, Frankfurt, and London, and as a long-serving music director of the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Born in Budapest, he studied there with Béla Bartók, Leó Weiner, and Ernő Dohnányi. In the 1930s, he was a répétiteur at the Hungarian State Opera and worked at the Salzburg Festival for Arturo Toscanini. His career was interrupted by the rise of the Nazis' influence on Hungarian politics, and being of Jewish background, he fled the increasingly harsh Hungarian anti-Jewish laws in 1938. After conducting a season of Russian ballet in London at the Royal Opera House, he found refuge in Switzerland, where he remained during the Second World War. Prohibited from conducting there, he earned a living as a pianist.
23. Katona József színház
The Katona József Theatre has been operating as a theatre with its own company in Petőfi Sándor Street since the autumn of 1982. In a short time, it became Budapest decisive, artistic theater. Even after three decades, he continues to entertain his audience with demanding, internationally renowned productions. The company performed abroad for the first time in 1985, and since then it has visited forty countries in five parts of the world.
24. Károlyi kert
The Károlyi Garden public park in Budapest V. district. It is the oldest preserved garden in this function of the city centre and the best documented among the few palace gardens in Hungary. The garden is bordered by Ferenczy István Street to the north, Magyar Street to the east, Henszlmann Imre Street to the south and Károlyi Palace to the west. Its area has remained unchanged since the end of the 17th century at 7625 m².
25. Monument of András Hadik von Fudak
Count András Hadik de Futak was a Hungarian nobleman and Field Marshal of the Imperial Army. He was Governor of Galicia and Lodomeria from January 1774 to June 1774, and is the father of Karl Joseph Hadik von Futak. He is famous for capturing the Prussian capital Berlin during the Seven Years' War.
26. Sota Rusztaveli
Shota Rustaveli, mononymously known simply as Rustaveli, was a medieval Georgian poet. He is considered to be the pre-eminent poet of the Georgian Golden Age and one of the greatest contributors to Georgian literature. Rustaveli was the author of The Knight in the Panther's Skin, a Georgian national epic poem.
27. Szemlő-hegyi-barlang
The Szemlő-hegyi Cave is one of Budapest caves built for tourist purposes. The specially protected cave is part of the Danube-Ipoly National Park Directorate. The surface protection zone of the cave is a nature reserve of national importance protected by individual legislation under the name of Szemlő-hegyi Cave Surface Protection Area.
28. József Attila
Attila József was one of the most famous Hungarian poets of the 20th century. Generally not recognized during his lifetime, József was hailed during the communist era of the 1950s as Hungary's great "proletarian poet" and he has become the best known of the modern Hungarian poets internationally.
29. Pál-völgyi cave
It is Hungary the longest cave in the Pal-Valley Cave System. Hungary one of its specially protected caves. One part of it, the Pal-Valley Cave, is one of Budapest caves built for tourist purposes. The surface protection area of the cave, about 4.7 hectares, is managed by the Danube-Ipoly National Park as a nature reserve of national importance protected by independent legislation. The length for tourists is 500 meters.
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30. Museum of Hungarian Agriculture
The Hungarian Agricultural Museum, from its foundation until 1950, is one of the most important museums of the Hungarian Royal Agricultural Museum Budapest, a national specialized museum, located in the XIV. district of the capital, in the City Park, with hundreds of thousands of visitors annually. According to some sources, it is the largest collection of agricultural history in Europe and probably the first agricultural museum in the world.
31. Jókai Mór
Móricz Jókay of Ásva, known as Mór Jókai, was a Hungarian novelist, dramatist and revolutionary. Outside of Hungary, he was also known as Maurice Jókai or Maurus Jokai or Mauritius Jókai. He was a leader of the outbreak of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 in Pest. His romantic novels became widely popular among the elite of Victorian England, where he was often compared to Charles Dickens by the press. One of his most famous admirers was Queen Victoria herself.
32. Akseli Gallen-Kallela
Akseli Gallen-Kallela was a Finnish painter who is best known for his illustrations of the Kalevala, the Finnish national epic. His work is considered a very important aspect of the Finnish national identity. He changed his name from Gallén to Gallen-Kallela in 1907.
33. Bem apó
Józef Zachariasz Bem was a Polish engineer and general, an Ottoman pasha and a national hero of Poland and Hungary, and a figure intertwined with other European patriotic movements. Like Tadeusz Kościuszko and Jan Henryk Dąbrowski, Bem fought outside Poland's borders anywhere his leadership and military skills were needed.
34. Tábor-hegy Cave
The Tabor Mountain Cave is the second longest cave formed in the dolomite of the Buda Hills. It was the longest until 2011, until the King's Cave was found. Hungary is among its specially protected caves. It is an archaeologically significant cave.
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35. Ady Endre
Endre Ady was a turn-of-the-century Hungarian poet and journalist. Regarded by many as the greatest Hungarian poet of the 20th century, he was noted for his steadfast belief in social progress and development and for his poetry's exploration of fundamental questions of the modern European experience: love, temporality, faith, individuality, and patriotism.
36. Kőrösi Csoma Sándor
Sándor Csoma de Kőrös was a Hungarian philologist and Orientalist, author of the first Tibetan–English dictionary and grammar book. He was called Phyi-glin-gi-grwa-pa in Tibetan, meaning "the foreign pupil", and was declared a bosatsu or bodhisattva by the Japanese in 1933. He was born in Kőrös, Grand Principality of Transylvania. His birth date is often given as 4 April, although this is actually his baptism day and the year of his birth is debated by some authors who put it at 1787 or 1788 rather than 1784. The Magyar ethnic group, the Székelys, to which he belonged believed that they were derived from a branch of Attila's Huns who had settled in Transylvania in the fifth century. Hoping to study the claim and to find the place of origin of the Székelys and the Magyars by studying language kinship, he set off to Asia in 1820 and spent his lifetime studying the Tibetan language and Buddhist philosophy. Csoma de Kőrös is considered as the founder of Tibetology. He was said to have been able to read in seventeen languages. He died in Darjeeling while attempting to make a trip to Lhasa in 1842 and a memorial was erected in his honour by the Asiatic Society of Bengal.
37. Arany János
János Arany was a Hungarian poet, writer, translator and journalist. He is often said to be the "Shakespeare of ballads" – he wrote more than 102 ballads that have been translated into over 50 languages, as well as the Toldi trilogy.
38. ELTE Fűvészkert
The Botanical Garden in Budapest is Hungary first botanical garden, which has been operating since 2006 as a special educational unit of Eötvös Loránd University in district VIII of Budapest, at 25 Illés Street in Józsefváros. The botanical garden, founded in 1771 in Nagyszombat to help the training of medical science and medical students, has been located in its current location since 1847, after several moves. The fact that in Ferenc Molnár's well-known novel, The Boys of Pál Street, the old palm house of the botanical garden provided a hiding place for Ernő Nemecsek and his friends significantly contributed to his notoriety. The name "Botanical Garden", which has been an official name since 2008, has been preserved and spread in the public consciousness thanks to this novel.
39. János-hegyi-átjáró
The János Hegyi Passage is a passage cave formed in dolomite, which is located in the Buda Landscape Protection Area in the Danube-Ipoly National Park, on the side of János Hill, in the XII. district of Budapest. It is also described in tourist guides.
40. The statue of the Great Ho-ho-ho Horgasz's Chief Worm
The Great Ho-Ho-Angler is a Hungarian animated television series directed by Attila Dargay and Zsuzsa Füzesi. The screenplay was written by István Csukás and Ferenc Sajdik, the music was composed by Zsolt Pethő and the band 100 Folk Celsius, and the main roles are played by Péter Balázs and István Mikó. The two main characters of the series are The Big Ho-Ho-Angler and The Main Worm. The series consisted of two seasons. The first was made in 1982, the second in 1988.
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41. Tabáni Alexandriai Szent Katalin plébániatemplom
The St. Catherine of Alexandria Church is a Roman Catholic church in the Tabán quarter of Budapest, Hungary. It is the parish church of the Tabán Parish which also comprises parts of Gellért Hill and Naphegy. The church is a listed monument that was built in Central European Baroque style between 1728 and 1777. It was reconstructed several times in the 19th–20th centuries.
Wikipedia: St. Catherine of Alexandria Church, Budapest (EN), Url Miserend
42. AQUINCUM CASTRUM
Aquincum was an ancient city, situated on the northeastern borders of the province of Pannonia within the Roman Empire. The ruins of the city can be found today in Budapest, the capital city of Hungary. It is believed that Marcus Aurelius wrote at least part of his book Meditations at Aquincum.
43. Lechner Ödön
Ödön Lechner was a Hungarian architect, one of the prime representatives of the Hungarian Szecesszió style, which was related to Art Nouveau in the rest of Europe, including the Vienna Secession. He is famous for decorating his buildings with Zsolnay tile patterns inspired by old Magyar and Turkic folk art, which are combined with modern materials such as iron.
44. National Theatre
The National Theatre, located in Budapest originally opened in 1837. Since then, it has occupied several locations, including the original building at Kerepesi Street, the People's Theatre at Blaha Lujza Square, as well as Hevesi Sándor Square, its longest temporary location. It currently occupies the National Theatre building, which opened March 15, 2002.
45. Albert Kázmér Ágost
Prince Albert Casimir of Saxony, Duke of Teschen was a Saxon prince from the House of Wettin who married into the Habsburg imperial family. He was noted as an art collector and founded the Albertina in Vienna, one of the largest and finest collections of old master prints and drawings in the world.
46. Krisztinavárosi Havas Boldogasszony plébániatemplom
The Parish Church of Our Lady of the Snows in Krisztinaváros is a Roman Catholic church in Budapest I. district, on Krisztina Square. It is protected as a monument. Local names are Krisztina Square Church, Krisztina Church or Lower Krisztina.
Wikipedia: Krisztinavárosi Havas Boldogasszony-plébániatemplom (HU), Url Miserend
47. Relief of a Stag
The Tabán usually refers to an area within the 1st district of Budapest, the capital of Hungary. It lies on the Buda side of the Danube, to the south of György Dózsa Square, on the northern side of Elisabeth Bridge and to the east of Naphegy. Several other Hungarian cities and towns also have districts called Tabán.
48. Rácskai-barlang
It is one of the Hungary specially protected caves of the Gridka Cave. It is located in the Buda Hills in the Danube-Ipoly National Park. Among the caves of the Buda Hills, this cave was the first paleontological find from a vertebrate animal that lived earlier than the Pleistocene.
49. SMS Leitha
SMS Leitha or Lajta Monitor Museumship was the first river monitor in Europe and the oldest and also the only remaining, fully restored warship of the Austro-Hungarian Navy. Currently it is moored on the Danube in Budapest near the Hungarian Parliament Building as a museum ship.
50. Kálvin téri református templom
The Calvin Square Reformed Church in Budapest is the best-known church of the Reformed Church in Budapest. Budapest largest Reformed church. After the Lutheran church on Deák Square, it is the second largest Protestant church in the capital. In district IX, it is the second largest church after the church on Bakáts Square. The names of Calvin Square and the surrounding streets testify to the presence of the Reformed Church for nearly two centuries. The church building is now a monument.
51. Regnum Marianum Church (former)
Regnum Marianum was a church in the City Park, along the Arena, today's Dózsa György Road, opposite Damjanich Street. It was consecrated in 1931, was severely bombed in 1944, and finally in 1951, officially to form the Parade Square, the reinforced concrete structure was demolished first by conventional and then by blasting. Its official name was Magna Domina Hungarorum, i.e. Our Lady of Hungarians, its more popular name was derived from the name of the organization initiating the construction.
52. Budapest Cog-wheel Railway
The Budapest Cog-wheel Railway is a rack railway in the Buda part of the Hungarian capital city of Budapest. It connects a lower terminus at Városmajor, two tram stops away from the Széll Kálmán tér transport interchange, with an upper terminus at Széchenyihegy. The line is integrated into the city's public transport system as tram line number 60, is 3.7 kilometres (2.3 mi) in length, and was opened in 1874.
53. Contra-Aquincum
Contra-Aquincum is a Roman fortress, an important station of the Pannonian limes. It was built at the beginning of the 2nd century and rebuilt from its foundations at the end of the 3rd century. Its significance was given by its unusually thick walls, control of the eraviscus "capital", as well as the supervision of an ancient trade crossing. The ancient name of Contra-Aquincum is probably Pession (Πέσσιον). Its remains can be found in Budapest V. district, on March 15th Square, not far from Elisabeth Bridge.
54. Liberty Statue
The Liberty Statue or Freedom Statue is a monument at the east end of the Citadella on Gellért Hill in Budapest, Hungary. It commemorates those who sacrificed their lives for the independence, freedom, and prosperity of Hungary.
55. Gárdonyi Géza
Géza Gárdonyi, born Géza Ziegler was a Hungarian writer and journalist. Although he wrote a range of works, he had his greatest success as a historical novelist, particularly with Eclipse of the Crescent Moon and Slave of the Huns.
56. Premonstratensian Church St.Michael
The Premonstratensian convent on Margaret Island is a monastery founded in the 13th century on Margaret Island in Budapest. The chapel that stands on its site today, rebuilt in the first third of the 20th century, is one of the island's most significant works of art, which is Budapest oldest Romanesque monument that can be seen in its original form.
Wikipedia: Premontrei konvent (Margit-sziget) (HU), Url Miserend
57. Bay Zoltán
Zoltán Lajos Bay was a Hungarian physicist, professor, and engineer who developed technologies, including tungsten lamps and microwave devices. He was the leader of the second group to observe radar echoes from the Moon (Moonbounce). From 1930, he worked at the University of Szeged as a professor of theoretical physics.
58. Ördögárok-emlékkő
The Devil's Trench is a temporary stream that flows into the Danube in Buda. Right bank tributary of the river. Its most important side water is the Kis-Devil's Trench, which reaches it near Hűvösvölgy, at Nagyrét. The Devil's Trench used to absorb a significant part of the wastewater of the Buda side; Of the 600,000 cubic meters of wastewater generated daily in Budapest, 50,000 cubic meters flowed untreated into the Danube through it, which was ended by the construction of the Central Wastewater Treatment Plant in Csepel.
59. Baross Gábor
Noble Gábor Baross de Bellus was a Hungarian statesman in Hungarian parliament, was born at Barossháza now Pružina near Trencsén. He was for a time one of the professors there under Cardinal Kolos Vaszary. After acquiring considerable local reputation as chief notary of his county, he entered parliament in 1875, where he apparently gained a nickname "Slovak blackman", due to his darker tanned complexity. He at once attached himself to Kálmán Tisza and remained faithful to his chief even after the Bosnian occupation had alienated so many of the supporters of the prime minister.
60. Kristályfülke
The Martinovics Hill Crystal Cabin is one of the small caves located in the Buda Hills, in the XII district of Budapest. Many people know it because of the crystals that were observed in it a long time ago.
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61. Deák téri evangélikus templom
The Lutheran Church on Deák Square is Budapest oldest and best-known Lutheran church, a classicist-style hall church without a tower on Deák Ferenc Square in Budapest. The largest Protestant church in Budapest. Many other Lutheran institutions operate in the block formed together with the adjoining buildings, which is why the area is often called Insula Lutherana.
62. Szent Vér kápolna
The building complex and the ancient park belonging to it are located in the Budapest III. district of Kiscell Castle and Park Forest, between the districts of Óbuda and Remethegy, behind Szent Margaret Hospital and Óbuda University. The church and Trinitarian monastery, built in the 18th century in Baroque style, were used by the army in the 19th century. In 1910, furniture manufacturer Miksa Schmidt bought the building complex and had it converted into a castle (Schmidt Castle). Nowadays the Budapest History Museum – Kiscell Museum houses exhibitions on urban history and fine art. A hiking trail leads through the forest park, where you can find the Calvary and Golgotha statue group of Kiscell, as well as the Chapel of the Holy Blood.
Wikipedia: Kiscelli kastély és parkerdő (HU), Website, Url, Url Miserend
63. Church of Saint Theresa of Avila
The Parish Church of St. Theresa the Great of Avila, also known as the parish church of Terézváros, is located in Budapest in Terézváros, on the same plot as the Conservatory. The property is undivided and jointly owned, owned by the Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest on the ecclesiastical side. According to Act LIV of 1997, the church is classified as a category II monument under trunk number 15,526. It is the largest church in district VI, with a tower height of 65 meters.
Wikipedia: Ávilai Nagy Szent Teréz-plébániatemplom (HU), Url Miserend
64. Karinthy Színház
Karinthy Theatre was founded in 1982 as a small theatre cooperative under the name Hököm Stage. Its pioneering activity, as the only continuously playing, independent theatre in Buda with a permanent venue, is also an example of theatrical restructuring, which, becoming a theatre workshop carrying a special spirit, enjoys the support of both the profession, critics and the audience. The formation was made possible by the courage of the XI. district Council.
65. Ínség-szikla
The Poverty Rock or Destitute Stone, Poverty Reef is a rock cliff in the Danube, at the foot of Gellért Hill, at 1645.4 river kilometers. The lowest point of the capital. And according to vernacular, it is "the lowest mountain peak of Hungary". The height of the cliff is 95.76 meters above sea level. It got its name because it can be seen at low water levels, which can only occur during periods of drought.
66. Rudas Baths
Rudas Bath or Rudas fürdő is a thermal bath in Budapest, Hungary which is claimed to have medicinal properties. It was founded in 1571/1572 during the time of Ottoman rule. To date, it retains many of the key elements of a Hammam, exemplified by its Ottoman dome and octagonal pool. It is located at Döbrentei tér 9 on the Buda side of Erzsébet Bridge. The bath has six therapy pools and one swimming pool where the temperature is in between 10 and 42 °C. The components of slightly radioactive thermal water includes sulfate, calcium, magnesium, bicarbonate and a significant amount of fluoride ion. A sight-seeing brochure claims the water can help to treat degenerative joint illnesses, chronic and sub-acute joint inflammations, vertebral disk problems, neuralgia and lack of calcium in the bone system.
67. Romanian Cultural Institute in Budapest
The Romanian Cultural Institute, headquartered in Bucharest, was established in 2004 on the older institutional framework provided by the Romanian Cultural Foundation and before 1989 by the Institute for the Cultural Relations Abroad. Since 2005 it has undergone a tremendous development that has seen a solid increase in the number and geographic dispersion of its chapters, now 18-strong.
Wikipedia: Romanian Cultural Institute (EN), Facebook, Website
68. Rába György
György Rába is a Kossuth and Széchenyi Prize-winning Hungarian poet, writer, translator, literary historian, educator, critic, member of the Academy of Digital Literature. Candidate of literature (1970), doctor of literary studies (1983).
69. K-bridge
The K-bridge is a gauge, originally mainly railway, now a road and pedestrian bridge in district III of Budapest between Óbuda and Óbuda Island. The bridge with a span of almost 100 meters leads obliquely over the Danube branch of the shipyard.
70. Fészek Artists’ Club
The Fészek Art Club is a club of the Budapest art world founded in 1901, today it is a non-profit, nationwide association where literary, musical, theatre, film and fine arts events are held that can be visited by anyone. For informal social life, a restaurant and a restaurant-wine bar are also at guests' disposal.
71. Kisboldogasszony Bazilika Plébánia
The Basilica of Our Lady of Mary's Hermit, parish and pilgrimage site in Budapest II. district, on Mary's Way. Since 1993 it belongs to the Archdiocese of Esztergom-Budapest, the current archbishop of the archdiocese is dr. Cardinal Péter Erdő, primate and archbishop of Esztergom-Budapest. The current parish priest of the church is László Esterházy.
Wikipedia: Kisboldogasszony-templom (Máriaremete) (HU), Url Miserend
72. Király Thermal Bath
Király Bath or Király fürdő was a thermal bath that was built in Hungary between 1566-1572, during the time of Ottoman rule. It was commissioned by Sokollu Mustafa Pasha who was the longest-serving governor general (1566-1578) of the Ottoman province of Budin and who built similar baths at Rudas, Rác and Veli bej which are also operational in Budapest. The bath and its neighborhood then became part of the consolidated city of Budapest.
73. János-hegy
János Hill is the highest point of Budapest with a height of 528 m (1,732 ft), located in the western part of the city. From Elizabeth Lookout on the top of the hill one can get an impressive panoramic view of the whole region.
74. MÁV V43 villanymozdony
The MÁV Class V43 is a Hungarian electric locomotive with a box-like appearance. It was meant to replace the MÁV Class V40 and MÁV Class V60, as well as the widespread Class 424 steam locomotives. A total of 379 locomotives were built between 1963 and 1982.
75. Dominican convent
The Dominican nunnery on Margaret Island was founded by King Alexander IV. It was founded by Bela in honor of the Virgin Mary. The Convent of Our Lady of Rabbits Island was the most important institution, the most significant and richest monastic building on the island in the Middle Ages.
76. Hungarian Museum of Trade and Tourism
The Hungarian Museum of Trade and Catering is a national specialist museum, whose collection covers the cultural assets of domestic trade, the hospitality industry, as well as the history of tourism and tourism.
Wikipedia: Magyar Kereskedelmi és Vendéglátóipari Múzeum (HU), Website, Facebook
77. Hajógyári Island
Hajógyári Island or Óbudai-sziget is the largest Danubian island in Budapest. Located in District III, it is a popular recreational area, year round. It is the home of the international Sziget Festival every August.
78. Wenckheim-palota
The Wenckheim Palace is a listed building in Budapest VIII. district, in the inner "palace quarter" of Józsefváros, on Szabó Ervin Square. Today it is the building of the Central Library of the Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Library.
79. Szent Margit-templom
St. Margaret Church of Árpád House, commonly known as St. Margaret's Church or Lehel Square Church is located in the XIII. district of Budapest, in Újlipótváros, on St. Margaret Square, separated from Lehel Square on 29 May 2019.
Wikipedia: Árpád-házi Szent Margit-templom (HU), Url Miserend, Website
80. Budapest History Museum
The Budapest History Museum is one of Budapest most important museums, collecting documents and artifacts from the history of the capital. It is a municipal institution, but according to its official classification it is a national museum. Its headquarters are located in Budapest at I., Szent György tér 2.
Wikipedia: Budapesti Történeti Múzeum (HU), Website, Facebook
81. TIT Budapesti Planetárium
The TIT Budapest Planetarium is a Planetarium in Népliget, operated by the Scientific Knowledge Society (TIT). The purpose of the planetarium was to serve scientific dissemination and to create a bridge between astronomy and the general public. Until 2010, the Laser Theater, known for performances by the laser show, was operating in the Planetarium building.
82. Egyetemi Kisboldogasszony-templom
The Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, commonly referred to as the university church, is a Roman Catholic church in downtown Budapest. Since 1786 the church has belonged to the former Faculty of Theology of the University of Pest, then to the Pázmány Péter Catholic University, which became independent from it; Before that, it was the central church of the Paulists. The Central Seminary operates in the block adjacent to the church, so the liturgical services of the church are performed by the seminarians and superiors of the institute. The church has two towers and towers are 56 meters high each.
Wikipedia: Kisboldogasszony-templom (Budapest V. kerület) (HU), Url Miserend
83. Margaret Island Water Tower
The Margaret Island Water Tower stands in the central part of Margaret Island in Budapest, next to the Margaret Island Open-Air Stage. Inside the monumental water tower, renovated in 2013, visual art exhibitions are located. The surroundings of the Margaret Island water tower are not developed. Walking up the Art Nouveau circular staircase, arriving at the eight-balcony observation hall, visitors can enjoy the panoramic view of Buda and Pest, as well as the bridges spanning the Danube. The tower, splendid in its original glory, occupies a worthy place among the natural and built heritage of Margaret Island as a Budapest attraction. Together with its programs, the Open Space Theatre, which operates open-air stages on Margaret Island and Városmajor, is part of a touristically outstanding cultural attraction. The country's largest water tower, the Margaret Island Water Tower built in 1911, is a real tourist attraction, from which you can see Budapest's 360-degree panorama, the buildings and sights of the capital and the silhouette of the Buda hills offer an unparalleled experience.
Wikipedia: Margit-szigeti víztorony (HU), Website, Url, Url Gc
84. Szent Rókus-kápolna
The St. Rókus Chapel in Budapest is named after Saint Rocus, the miracle-working Franciscan monk and patron saint of those cured of plague epidemics. In its present form, it has been standing since 1765 along Kerepesi, today's Rákóczi Road, on the Józsefváros side of the road.
Wikipedia: Szent Rókus-kápolna (Budapest) (HU), Url Miserend
85. Gellért Hill Cave
The Gellért Hill Cave is part of a network of caves within Gellért Hill in Budapest, Hungary. The cave is also referred to as "Saint Ivan's Cave", regarding a hermit who lived there and is believed to have used the natural thermal water of a muddy lake next to the cave to heal the sick. It is likely that this same water fed the pools of the old Sáros fürdő, now called Gellért Baths.
86. Elisabeth lookout
The Elizabeth Lookout is a historic lookout tower on János Hill above Budapest. Built in 1911, the tower was named after Empress Elisabeth, wife of Emperor Franz Joseph I. Frigyes Schulek was the architect. The tower is near Budapest's District XII, and may be reached from the Széll Kálmán tér of Budapest. At first, there was a low wooden platform, which was demolished. After that, Frederick Gluck had an idea, to raise a stone tower and then he started gathering investors for the project. Budapest city approved the project in 1907 and Schulek Frederick received the commission to build the tower. The construction started in 1908 and Paul Kluczinger was the construction manager. The tower was built from haraszti limestone. The lookout was named after Queen Elizabeth, who visited the mountain in 1882.
87. Assisi Szent Ferenc templom
The Church of St. Francis of Assisi is a Roman Catholic church in the IX district of Budapest, on Bakáts Square. The largest church in the district. Its style is eclectic, it is a monumental church with three naves, transept, with a tower in front of its façade.
Wikipedia: Assisi Szent Ferenc-templom (Ferencváros) (HU), Website, Url Miserend
88. Belvárosi Ferences templom
The St. Peter Church of Alcantra in Budapest, often just a downtown Franciscan church, is a church of the Franciscans in downtown Pest, on Ferenciek Square. Roman Catholic, protected as a monument Franciscan church. Its patron saint is St. Peter of Alcantara. Parish church, next to it stands a Franciscan monastery.
Wikipedia: Alcantarai Szent Péter-templom (Budapest) (HU), Url Miserend
89. Kiscelli Múzeum
BTM Kiscell Museum – Budapest Gallery, abbreviated as Kiscell Museum is a cultural institution founded and maintained by the capital in Budapest III. district. The museum building houses the two member institutions of the Budapest History Museum, which are separate in terms of organization and collection, but operate side by side and exhibit.
90. Tomb of Gülbaba
Gül Baba's tomb (türbe) in Budapest, Hungary, is the northernmost Islamic pilgrimage site in the world. The mausoleum is located in the district of Rózsadomb on Mecset (mosque) Street, a short but steep walk from Margaret Bridge.
91. Magyarok Nagyasszonya-templom
The parish church of Our Lady of Hungarians in the official colony is a 20th-century church built in classicist empire style, which is located in Budapest, in district VIII, on the Great Lady of Hungarians Square in the officials' colony.
Wikipedia: Magyarok Nagyasszonya-templom (Tisztviselőtelep) (HU), Url Miserend, Website
92. Ambrus Zoltán
Zoltán Ambrus was a Hungarian writer and translator. He completed gymnasium in Debrecen and Budapest and then studied law in Budapest. At the age of 18, his father died leaving him responsible for his family. He tutored and wrote theater criticism and articles for such publications as Pesti Napló, Fővárosi Lapok, and Budapesti Szemle. In 1885, he moved to Paris where he studied literature at the Collège de France and the Sorbonne. He became a contributor to A Hét upon his return to Pest and wrote a substantial quantity of short stories. In 1900, he became editor of Új Magyar Szemle, and wrote some pieces for Nyugat, as well as serving as director of the National Theater.
93. Törley-kastély
The Törley Castle is located in Budapest XXII. district (Budafok), built between 1890 and 1904 by József Törley, the famous Hungarian champagne manufacturer. The first plans were made by Lajos Rezső Ray in the 1890s, who worked as Törley's house architect at that time. After the death of his father, the building was completed by the son of Rezső Vilmos Ray Jr., who recently graduated in architecture. In the vicinity of the castle is the castle of Irén Sacelláry, wife of Törley.
94. Olasz Kultúrintézet
The Italian Cultural Institute of Budapest is an Italian state institution located at 8 Bródy Sándor Street, District VIII. The building has a long history, from 1865 to 1902 it was the seat of the Chamber of Deputies of the National Assembly, and since 1942 it has been owned by the Italian state.
Wikipedia: Budapesti Olasz Kultúrintézet (HU), Website, Youtube
95. Unitárius templom
The headquarters was built between 1888 and 1890 through the intercession of Ferenc Székely and according to the plans of Samu Pecz on its own plot donated by the Capital for the Budapest Unitarian Church. The building also includes the church and the pastoral office of the Budapest Unitarian Parish. The temple was dedicated on October 26, 1890.
96. Tompa Mihály
Mihály Tompa, was a Hungarian lyric poet, Calvinist minister and corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Together with János Arany and Sándor Petőfi they formed the triumvirate of young great poets of the Hungarian folk-national literature of the 19th century.
97. Fürdőmúzeum
The Bath Museum is one of the exhibition spaces of the Budapest History Museum in Budapest III. district, at Flórián tér 3-5, in the pedestrian underpass. The exhibition presents the remains of the public bath (therma) of the military camp belonging to Roman Aquincum.
98. Szent József templom
St. Joseph's Parish Church, commonly known as the Józsefváros Parish Church, is the largest church in Budapest VIII. district. Its two-towered building is an outstanding monument of Hungarian classicist late Baroque architecture. Its towers are 70 meters high. [citation needed]
Wikipedia: Szent József-templom (Józsefváros) (HU), Url Miserend
99. Underground Railway Museum
The Underground Railway Museum, also known as the Millennium Underground Museum, is a museum located under Deák Ferenc square in the centre of the Hungarian capital city of Budapest. It is accessible from the pedestrian subway system that links the square to Deák Ferenc tér metro station and is housed in a tunnel that once carried the tracks of line M1 of the Budapest Metro.
Wikipedia: Underground Railway Museum (Budapest) (EN), Website, Facebook
100. Kelenföldi autóbuszgarázs
The Kelenföld bus garage or Hamzsabegi út bus garage in Budapest is one of the 5 bus garages currently operating by Budapest Transport Zrt. It is the second oldest site established specifically for this purpose.
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