Useful Budapest travel resources
Name: Vértanúk tere
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1054 Budapest, Vértanúk tere
In this small square you will see the statue of Imre Nagy standing on a bridge, his look turned towards the Parliament. Called to lead the government after the events of October 1956, Imre Nagy pushed through some radical reforms to liberalise the regime and escape from the Soviet yoke.… Read the rest here →
Name: Hold Street
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1093 Budapest, Hold utca
This is where you will find one of the works by Ödön Lechner who appears in almost all the works dealing with the Secession style in Budapest: the building of the former Post Office Savings Bank.… Read the rest here →
Name: Roosevelt tér
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1051 Budapest, Roosevelt tér
This square was named after F.D. Roosevelt, President of the United States from 1933 till 1945 and is marked by a commemorative plaque at the corner of József Attila Street on the wall of the Ministry of the Interior.… Read the rest here →
Name: Hungarian Science Academy
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1051 Budapest, Roosevelt tér 9.
A neo-Renaissance building dating from the 19th Century, attributed to the architect from Berlin Friedrich August Stüler. Count István Széchenyi offered, during the first Diet in 1825-1827, one year of his income to build it.… Read the rest here →
Name: Small Boulevard
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1052 Budapest, Kiskörút
The Small Boulevard (Kiskörút), as it is known locally, marks out a curve, following Deák tér, Károly körút, Museum körut, Kálvin tér and Vámház körút. Between this limit and the Danube the historical centre is buried.… Read the rest here →