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from his life are depicted masterpieces from the
behind the altar. A painting collection can be seen at the
to the right of the main Hungarian National Gallery.
entrance shows István
dedicating Hungary to the 0 House of Terror
Virgin Mary. His mummified Museum
forearm is kept in the Chapel
of the Holy Right Hand. Andrássy út 60. Tel (1) 374 26 00.
The main entrance to the q Vörösmarty utca. v 4, 6. Open
basilica is a massive door, Tue–Sun. 8 In English and German.
decorated with carved heads 7 ∑ terrorhaza.hu
of the 12 apostles. The dome
reaches 96 m (315 ft) and is The Terrorháza (House of Terror)
visible all over Budapest. is a well thought-out and
Tapestry of Árpád and Magyar chiefs in the sensitively presented museum
8 Parliament Parliament building documenting the fascist and
communist dictatorial regimes
Kossuth Lajos tér 1–3. Tel (1) 441 44 Congress Hall, a virtual mirror in 20th-century Hungary and is
15. q Kossuth tér. @ 70, 78. v 2, image of the National Assembly also a memorial to the victims of
2A. Open daily. Closed during Hall. Both have public galleries. these regimes; those detained,
ceremonies. & 7 - Since 2000, the royal insignia interrogated, tortured or killed
∑ parlament.hu
have been displayed here. in the very same building.
The Parliament (Országház) is 9 Museum of q Vajdahunyad
Hungary’s largest building – Fine Arts Castle
268 m (880 ft) long, 96 m (315 ft)
high, with 691 rooms. Built Hősök tere. Tel (1) 469 71 00. q Városliget. Tel (1) 363 11 17.
between 1884 and 1902, it was Hősök tere. @ 20E, 30, 30A 105. v q Széchenyi fürdő. Open Tue–Sun.
based on London’s Houses of 72, 75, 79. Closed for renovations. & & 8 7 ∑ mmgm.hu
Parliament (see p53). Although 8 7 ∑ szepmuveszeti.hu
the facade is Neo-Gothic, the This fantastical castle stands
ground plan follows Baroque In 1870, the state bought a among trees at the edge of the
conventions, with a magnificent magnificent collection of lake in the City Park (Városliget).
dome at the center. Beneath it paintings from the Esterházy It is in fact a complex of
is the Domed Hall, off which is family. Enriched by donations pavilions illustrating the
the Gobelin Hall, with a Gobelin and acquisitions, the collection evolution of Hungarian
tapestry of Árpád (see p691) and moved to its present location in architecture. Created for the
fellow Magyar chiefs taking a 1906. As well as great European 1896 Millennium Celebrations
blood oath. The greatest artists paintings from every era from as a temporary exhibit, it proved
of the day decorated the the Middle Ages to the 20th so popular that it was rebuilt
interior of the building, and century, there are Egyptian, permanently, in brick.
there are some spectacular Greek, and Roman antiquities. The pavilions are grouped
ceiling frescoes by Károly Lotz There are also paintings by in chronological order of
and György Kiss. Holbein and Dürer, and seven style: Romanesque, Gothic,
Between the Domed Hall and works by El Greco. Renaissance, Baroque, and so
the south wing is the National The museum is closed for on, but the elements are linked
Assembly Hall. On the renovation work until early to suggest a single, cohesive
opposite side is the 2018. During this period, design. Details from more than
20 of Hungary’s best-loved
buildings are reproduced.

View across the lake of the Gothic (left) and Renaissance (right) sections of the Vajdahunyad Castle

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