attractions

Szent György tér

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Name: Szent György tér
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1014 Budapest, Szent György tér

Description

This square which stretches out in front of the main entrance to the castle is overlooked by two buildings on the right-hand side: the Neo-Gothic Sándor palace and former residence of the Prime Minister and the Castle theatre (Várszínház) with a Rococo façade, which was a former convent of the Carmelite order, which was dissolved in 1782 under the orders of Joseph II and altered by Farkas Kempelen in 1787.… Read the rest here →

Dísz tér

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Name: Dísz tér
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1014 Budapest, Dísz tér

Description

Known as the Pasha’s square, St. George’s square and since the 19th century, as Parade square, it was the centre of the castle district during the Middle Ages.… Read the rest here →

Tárnok Street

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

Description

A busy trading area in the Middle Ages (German merchants), Treasurer ‘s Street, is edged with beautiful houses with painted façades, corbelled balaconies and Baroque decorative touches.… Read the rest here →

Váci Street

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Name: Váci Street
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1052 Budapest, Váci utca

Description

Váci utca has been famous for its shops and promenade since the 18th century. During the 1980s, its vivid streetlife became a symbol of the “consumer socialism” that distinguished Hungary from other Eastern Bloc states.… Read the rest here →

Paris Thoroughfare

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Name: Paris Thoroughfare
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1053 Budapest, Ferenciek tere 5.

Description

The thoroughfare called Paris forms part the curiosities in Pest, not for its shops, but for its architecture. Byzantine, Moorish or both together or else Venetian or even Art nouveau, a really strange mixture in any case!… Read the rest here →