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Street-by-Street: Around Váci Street

Váci street has been budapest’s fashionable area for walking,
meeting in cafés and shopping in elegant boutiques since the
early 19th cen tury. Its attractive promenade is an enjoyable
place for an evening stroll, when it is stylishly illuminated. Gerbeaud Cukrászda,
located opposite
Vörösmarty tér metro
station, is one of
the best and most
Vigadó concert hall, traditional patisseries
a superb example of in town. The grand
Historicist architecture interiors feature
(see p51). chandeliers and wood
panelling (see p201).

D O R O T T Y A U

V I G A D ó U

D E á K F E R E N C U V á C I U T C A

R é G I P O S T A U

4 Vörösmarty Square
A Carrara marble monument to
the poet Mihály Vörösmarty stands
in this square. It was created by
Ede Telcs and sym bolizes the
Hungarian nation united in the
poets’s words: “Your homeland,
Hungary, serve unwaveringly”.

Thonet House was built in
1888–90 by Ödön Lechner
(see p58) and Gyula Pártos.
It stands today in its original P E S T I U
form, featuring Zsolnay
ceramics from Pécs.

Péterffy Palace is Pest’s only Remains of Contra
Baroque house. It was built by Aquincum (see p23)
András Meyerhoffer in 1755 for
the magistrate, János Péterffy.
Above the gateway there is a Key
beautiful balcony supported
by atlantes. Suggested route

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