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8 Golden Eagle two courtyards, was also built on q Mátyás Church
Pharmacy Museum the square at the beginning of See pp86–7.
Aranysas Patikamúzeum the 18th century. It was designed
by the imperial court architect,
Tárnok utca 18. Map 1 B5 (9 A2). Venerio Ceresola, whose
Tel (06 1) 375 97 72. @ 16, 16A, 116. architectural scheme incorporated
Open Mar–Oct: 10am–5:30pm the remains of medieval houses.
Tue–Sun; Nov–Feb: 10am–3:30pm
Tue–Fri, 10am–5:30pm Sat, Sun. In 1770–74 an east wing was built,
∑ semmelweismuseum.hu and bay windows and a stone
balustrade with Rococo urns, by
This pharmacy was opened in Mátyás Nepauer, were added. The
1688 by Ferenc Ignác Bösinger corner niche, opposite Mátyás
and traded under the name the Church, houses a small statue by
“Golden Eagle” from 1740. It Carlo Adami of Pallas Athene.
moved to this originally Gothic
building, with its Bar oque interior
and Neo­Classical façade, in the 0 Hospital in the
18th century. The museum Rock Nuclear
opened here in 1974. It displays Bunker Museum
pharma ceuti cal items from the
Renaissance and Baroque eras. Sziklakórház Atombunker Múzeum A statue of St István stands in front of the
Lovas út 4/c. Map 1 A4. Tel (06 70) 701 Fishermen’s Bastion
9 Holy Trinity 01 01. @ 16, 16A, 116. Open 10am– w Fishermen’s
8pm daily (last entry 7pm). Closed
Square 1 Nov, 24, 25 & 31 Dec. & 8 Bastion
Szentháromság Tér ∑ sziklakorhaz.eu Halászbástya
Map 1 B4 (9 A3). @ 16, 16A, 116.
The huge system of natural caves Szentháromsag tér. Map 1 B4 (9 A2).
This square is the central point of and cellars under Buda Castle @ 16, 16A, 116. Open mid­Mar–Apr:
the Old Town. It takes its name served as a shelter for thousands 9am–7pm daily; May–mid­Oct: 9am–
from the Baroque Holy Trinity of people during World War II. 8pm daily. &
Column, originally sculpted by An emergency surgery also
Philipp Ungleich in 1710–13, and operated here from 1944–5, Frigyes Schulek designed this
re stored in 1967. The column saving thousands of lives. After Neo­Romanesque monument
commemo rates the dead of two the war, the Communist govern­ to the Guild of Fishermen in 1895.
out breaks of the plague, which ment classified the institution as It occupies the site of Buda’s old
struck the inhabitants of Buda top secret, and extended the defensive walls and a medieval
in 1691 and 1709. hospital with a new ward and square where fish was once
The pedestal of the column additional equipment. It sold. The bastion is a purely
is decorated with bas­reliefs by became a secret nuclear aesthetic addition to Castle Hill
Anton Hörger. Further up are bunker by 1962. and boasts beautiful views of
statues of holy figures and at Visitors can now the Danube and Pest. In front
the summit is a magnificent tour the eerie of it stands a statue of St István,
composition of the figures of operating rooms the king who introduced
the Holy Trinity. The central and wards peopled Christianity
section of the column is by wax figures. to Hungary.
decorated with angelic figures
surrounded by clouds.
Buda’s Old Town Hall,
a large Baroque
building with

Buda’s Old Town Hall, its clocktower crowned with an onion-shaped dome, on Holy Trinity Square

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