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Post Office Savings Bank
The main staircase of this
building by Ödön Lechner
is embellished by fine fretted
balusters, rounded lamps and
decorative windows.

Entrance to the Zoo
Kornél Neuschloss made
ingenious use of elements of
Hindu architecture when he
created this amusing gate
guarded by two elephants.

H UN G ÁRI A KRT
KÓS KÁROLY
SÉTÁNY
Margit híd SZENT ISTVÁN KRT

MAR GI T KÖ RÚT NORTH OF A N DRÁ SS Y Ú T D ÓZ S A G Y ÖR G Y ÚT

THE CASTLE
DISTRICT T ER É Z K ÖRÚ T
AROUND AROUND Sipeky Balázs Villa
PARLIAMENT VÁROSLIGET Built between 1905–6, this
fanciful villa is perhaps the
D
CASTLE a R O T T E N B I L LE R U . most representative example
AN D R ÁSS Y Ú T ER Z S ÉBET KÖ R ÚT TH ÖK ÖLY ÚT It was designed by Ödön Lechner.
F Ő U .
DISTRICT n ID. ANTALL JÒZSEF R. of the Secession style in Budapest.
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b
e
Széchenyi RÁ K ÓCZI Ú T Philanthia Florist’s
lánchíd
CENTRAL This extraordinary
PEST R ÁK Ó C ZI ÚT florist’s is on Váci utca.
AT T ILA ÚT
The interior of the shop
K RIS Z T I N A K ÖR ÚT
is in the Secession style,
JANE HANING R.
while the building itself
is Neo-Classical.
Erzsébet KÁROLYI M. U. J ÓZ S E F K Ö RÚT
híd
MÚZEUM KRT
HEGYALJA ÚT
GELLÉRT HILL VÁMHÁZ KRT Ü LLŐI ÚT
AND TABÁN
BARTÓK BÉLA ÚT

Gellért Hotel and Baths Complex
Supported by flattened arches, a glass roof
adds to the tranquil appeal of this hall in the
famous spa at the Gellért Hotel. The Secession
interiors created here are among the most
splendid to be found in Budapest.

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