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48  INTRODUCING BUD APEST

Budapest’s Best: Palaces and Historic Buildings

Budapest boasts historic buildings and Royal Palace
palaces in a broad range of architectural This palace has a
turbulent history dating
styles. The majority represent the Neo- back to the 13th century.
Classicism, Historicism and Secession Its pres ent form, however,
of the 19th and early 20th centuries, reflects the opulence
when a dynamic development of the of the 19th century.
Today the palace
capital took place. All but a few Gothic houses two of the
and Renaissance details were lost in city’s finest museums.
the destruction of Buda and Pest by
Christian troops in 1686, but some
examples of its Baroque heritage remain.
This map gives some highlights, with
a more detailed look on pages 50–51. HUNGÁR IA K ÖR Ú T
KÓS KÁROLY
SÉTÁNY
Margit híd
A NDRÁSS Y Ú T
SZENT
ISTVÁN KRT
NORTH OF
MA R GIT K Ö RÚT THE CASTLE PARLIAMENT D ÓZ S A GY ÖR GY Ú T
DISTRICT
AROUND
BÁTHORY U.
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AROUND
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CASTLE a ID. ANTALL JÒZSEF R. AN D R ÁSS Y Ú T VÁROSLIGET
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Houses on Vienna Gate Square DISTRICT u ER Z S ÉBET KÖ R ÚT
This charming row of four houses was built in the b
late 18th and early 19th centuries on the ruins of e JÓZSEF
medieval dwellings. The houses are adorned with ATTI LA Ú T ATTILA U. R ÁKÓC ZI ÚT
decorative motifs in the Baroque, Rococo and Széchenyi
lánchíd
Neo-Classical styles. CENTRAL
PEST R Á K Ó C Z I Ú T
JANE HANING R.
K R IS ZTINA KÖRÚ T
Erzsébet MÚZEUM KRT J ÓZ SEF KÖ R ÚT
HEGYALJA ÚT híd
VÁMHÁZ KRT Ü LLŐI ÚT
GELLÉRT HILL
AND TABÁN
Sándor Palace
The original friezes that decorated this 19th-century
palace were recreated by Hungarian artists as part BA RTÓK BÉLA ÚT
of its restoration. The palace is now the
headquarters of the President of Hungary.

Várkert Kiosk
This Neo-Renaissance pavilion was built
by Miklós Ybl (see p123) as a pump house
for the Royal Palace. It now operates
as a venue for events.

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Eyewitness Travel LAYERS PRINTED:
Flashmap template “UK” LAYER
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Date 7th January 2013
Size 125mm x 217mm