Váci Street

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

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 →

Parish Church of the City

Name: Parish Church of the City
Category: Religious buildings
Location: 1056 Budapest, Március 15. tér

Description

Built on the site of a Roman fortress, it is the oldest Church in the capital of Hungary. It forms part of the sights of the city with its two symmetrical bell towers which rise upon either side of a porch covered by of a pediment.… Read the rest here →

Nagytétényi Castle Museum

Name: Nagytétényi Castle Museum
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1225 Budapest, Kastélypark utca 9.

Description

A rich and fascinating collection of furniture from the Middle Ages to the 19C is displayed in the 18C Száraz-Rudnyánszky castle, built on the site of the fortified Roman town of Campona.… Read the rest here →

Church of the Franciscans

Name: Church of the Franciscans
Category: Religious buildings
Location: 1053 Budapest, Ferenciek tere 2.

Description

It opens out with a porch lined by columns and covered by the coat of arms for the order. On the façade, three niches contain the statues of Saint Peter of Alcantara, Saint Anthony of Padua and Saint Francis of Assisi.… Read the rest here →