Március 15 tér

Name: Március 15 tér
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1056 Budapest, Március 15 tér

Description

The name of this square which stands near to Elisabeth bridge recalls the first jour of the revolution of 1848. Below it, you can see some remains from an entrenched field from the Roman era called Contra Aquincum.… Read the rest here →

Ferenciek tere

Name: Ferenciek tere
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1053 Budapest, Ferenciek tere

Description

From this very busy square, an underground passageway allows you to return to the pedestrian quarter of Váci Street. From the exit from the underground passageway, you will see both Elisabeth bridge and Mount Gellért in the background.… Read the rest here →

Endre Ady Appartment-Museum

Name: Endre Ady Appartment-Museum
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1053 Budapest, Veres Pálné utca 4-6.

Description

It is the apartment-museum of a great name in Hungarian literature : Endre Ady (1877-1919). The furniture which adorn the office, the dining room and the bedroom, evoke the two last two years of the poet’s life.… Read the rest here →

Szentháromság Street

Name: Szentháromság Street
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1014 Budapest, Szentháromság utca

Description

At No. 7, you have to queue up in the tourist season before Ruszwurm Cukrászda (a cake shop founded in 1827) to buy one of its superb gateaux or to sit down in the small adjoining room.… Read the rest here →

Monument to Saint Gellért

Name: Monument to Saint Gellért
Category: Archaeological and historical sites
Location: 1118 Budapest, Szent Gellért szobor

Description

Canonised in 1083, Saint Gellért is a highly cherished character in Hungary. The monumental statue in bronze is the work of Gyula Jankovits (1904).… Read the rest here →