Vajdahunyad Castle

Name: Vajdahunyad Castle
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1146 Budapest, Vajdahunyad vára

Description

Built in 1896, Vajdahunyad is a perfect example of the Hungarian fusion of architectural styles (Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque), and is partly inspired by Honedoara castle in Romania.… Read the rest here →

Western Railway Station (Nyugati Pályaudvar)

Name: Western Railway Station
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1062 Budapest, Nyugati pályaudvar

Description

This station, a masterful blend of glass and steel which is perfectly integrated into the brick structure, was built between 1874 and 1877 by the Eiffel company, which was also responsible for Paris’s most famous landmark.… Read the rest here →

Szabó Ervin Library

Name: Szabó Ervin Library
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1088 Budapest, Szabó Ervin tér 11.

Description

The Szabó Ervin library is housed in a complex made up of three integrated buildings. The main building is the Neo-Baroque Wenckheim palace, whose exterior is adorned with marvellous wrought-iron railings.… Read the rest here →

Royal Palace

Name: Royal Palace
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1014 Budapest, Szent György tér 2.

Description

It was King Béla IV who decided to build a fortress here in order to protect Buda from the Mongols, however the castle owes its opulence to the Habsburgs.… Read the rest here →

Museum of Ethnography

Name: Museum of Ethnography
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1055 Budapest, Kossuth Lajos tér 12.
Phone: + 36 1 473-2400
Internet: http://www.neprajz.hu

Description

Etno in da house

The Museum of Ethnography (Néprajzi Múzeum) is the institution you have to observe well at least once in your life.… Read the rest here →