Elisabeth Bridge

Name: Elisabeth Bridge
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1013 Budapest, Erzsébet híd

Description

 

This modern suspension bridge bears the name of Elisabeth of Wittelsbach, wife of François-Joseph, the Empress of Austria and Queen of Hungary, in a word, Sissi.… Read the rest here →

Ybl Miklós tér

Name: Ybl Miklós tér
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1013 Budapest, Ybl Miklós tér.

Description

In this square there is a monument to the architect Miklós Ybl (1814-1891) and a fine pavilion (it should best be seen in the evening under the spotlights).… Read the rest here →

Clark Ádám tér

Name: Clark Ádám tér
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1013 Budapest, Clark Ádám tér.

Description

A roundabout frequented by thousands of vehicles which come out of or are swallowed by the tunnel crossing the hillside of the castle and which leads to the quarter of Krisztinaváros.… Read the rest here →

Fő utca

Name: Fő utca
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1027 Budapest, Fő utca

Description

The main street in the quarter of Víziváros stretches out in parallel to the Danube. At No. 7, the French Institute opened in 1992. On the other side of the street, a small Baroque house holds a French restaurant, the “Jardin de Paris”.… Read the rest here →

Batthyány Square

Name: Batthyány Square
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1011 Budapest, Batthyány tér.

Description

 

A revolving plaque for urban transportation, highly practical for the tourists and which bears the name of Count Lajos Batthyány, head of the first Hungarian government in 1848.… Read the rest here →