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Hungarian Academy of Science
The façade of the academy is
adorned with statues by Emil Wolf
and Miklós Izsó, symbolizing
major fields of knowledge: law,
natural history, mathematics,
philos ophy, linguistics and history.

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Gresham Palace
Now housing a Four Seasons
Hotel, this splendid example
KÓS KÁROLY HUNGÁR IA K ÖR Ú T of Secession design was
SÉTÁNY
built in 1905–7 by
Zsigmond Quittner.
Margit híd
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PEST RÁKÓCZI Ú T
Pallavicini Palace
Gustáv Petschacher built
this Neo-Renaissance mansion
JANE HANING R.
K R IS ZTINA KÖRÚ T
on Kodály körönd in 1882.
Erzsébet The inner court yard was
MÚZEUM KRT
J ÓZ SEF KÖ R ÚT
HEGYALJA ÚT híd copied from the Palazzo
Marini in Milan.
VÁMHÁZ KRT Ü LLŐI ÚT
GELLÉRT HILL
AND TABÁN
Ervin Szabó Library
BA RTÓK BÉLA ÚT palace that now houses this
The grand, Neo-Baroque
library was originally built in
1887 for the Wenckheims, a
family of rich industrialists.
Péterffy Palace
This plaque, commemorating a
flood of 1838, was placed on one
of the few Baroque mansions that
remain in Pest. The house was
built in 1756.
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