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8 Golden Eagle of holy figures and at the beautiful interior is also used r András Hess
Pharmacy Museum summit is a magnificent for cultural events and, while Square
Arany Sas Patikamúzeum composition of the figures of parts of the exhibition may be Hess András tér
unfamiliar to non-Hungarians,
the Holy Trinity. The central
Tárnok utca 18. Map 1 B5. section of the column is the regular performances of Map 1 B4. @ 16 from Deák tér, 16,
Tel (1) 375 97 72. @ 16 from Deák tér, music and dance held here 16A & 116 from Széll Kálmán tér.
16, 16A & 116 from Széll Kálmán tér. decorated with angelic figures need no translation.
Open Mar–Oct: 10am–5:30pm Tue– surrounded by clouds.
Sun; Nov–Feb: 10am–3:30pm Tue–Fri, Buda’s Old Town Hall, a large This square is named after the
10am–5:30pm Sat & Sun. Baroque building with two Italian­trained printer who
courtyards, was also built on printed the first Hungarian
This pharmacy was opened the square at the begin ning book, Chronica Hungarorum, in a
in 1688 by Ferenc Ignác of the 18th century. It was printing works at No. 4 in 1473.
Bösinger and traded under designed by the imperial The house was rebuilt at the The Museum of Musical History on Mihály
the name “The Golden Eagle” court architect, Venerio end of the 17th century, Táncsics Street
from 1740. It moved to this Ceresola, whose architectural amalgamating three medieval
originally Gothic building, scheme incorporated the houses, with quadruple seat on three sides. Like many
with a Baroque interior and remains of medieval houses. niches, barrel­vaulted cellars houses on this street, it was
Neo-Classical façade, in the In 1770–74, an east wing was and ornamen tal gates. erected on the ruins of medieval
18th century. The museum built, and bay windows and a The former inn at No. 3 was houses. In 1800, Ludwig van
opened in 1974 and displays stone balustrade with Rococo named the Red Hedgehog in Beethoven, who was then
pharmaceutical items from the urns, by Mátyás Nepauer, were 1696. This one­floor building giving concerts in Budapest,
Renaissance and Baroque eras. also added. The corner niche, has surviving Gothic and resided here for a short time.
opposite Mátyás Church, Bas-relief depicting King Mátyás on the Baroque elements. The palace now houses the
9 Holy Trinity houses a small statue of the A statue of St István in front of the Hilton Budapest Hotel’s façade The square also features a Museum of Musical History and
Greek goddess Pallas Athene Fisherman’s Bastion statue by József Damkó of Pope the Béla Bartók archives. A
Square by Carlo Adami. e Hilton Budapest Innocent XI, who was involved permanent exhibition illustrates
Szentháromság tér q Fisherman’s Hotel in organizing the armies that musical life in Budapest from
Map 1 B5. @ 16 from Deák tér, 16, 0 The Hungarian Bastion Hilton Szálloda recaptured Buda from the the 18th to 20th centuries, and
16A & 116 from Széll Kálmán tér. Halászbástya Turks. It was built to mark the includes some of the oldest­
House Hess András tér 1–3. Map 1 B4. Tel (1) 250th anniversary of the surviving Hungarian musical
This square is the central point Magyarság Háza Szentháromság tér. Map 1 B5. @ 16 889 66 00. @ 16 from Deák tér, 16, liberation, in 1936. instruments.
of the old town. It takes its Szentháromság tér 6. Map 1 B5. from Deák tér, 16, 16A & 116 from Széll 16A & 116 from Széll Kálmán tér. 7 The Royal Mint stood on the
Kálmán tér. Open 1 May–15 Oct: 9am–
name from the Baroque Holy Tel (1) 795 26 19. @ 16 from Deák tér, 8pm (16 Mar–30 Apr: to 7pm). & t Mihály Táncsics site of No. 9 during the Middle
Trinity Column, originally 16, 16A & 116 from Széll Kálmán tér. Built in 1976, the Hilton Buda­ Ages and, in 1810, the Joseph
sculpted by Philipp Ungleich in Open 10am–6pm Tue–Sat. 8 & Frigyes Schulek designed this pest Hotel is a rare example of Street Barracks were built here.
1710–13 and restored in 1967. 7 ∑ magyarsaghaza.net Neo-Romanesque monument modern architecture in the old Táncsics Mihály utca These were later used by the
The column commemorates On the north side of Holy Trinity to the Guild of Fishermen in town. Controversial from the Táncsics Mihály utca 7. Map 1 A/B4. Habsburgs to imprison leaders
the dead of two outbreaks of Square, this cultural institute 1895. It occupies the site of outset, the design by the @ 16 from Deák tér, 16, 16A & 116 of the 1848–9 rebellion, includ­
plague that struck the people houses an exhibition that Buda’s old defensive walls and Hungarian architect Béla Pintér from Széll Kálmán tér. Museum of ing Mihály Táncsics.
of Buda in 1691 and 1709. celebrates all manner of a medieval square where fish combines the historic remains Musical History: Tel (1) 214 67 70. Relics of Buda’s Jewish
The pedestal of the column Hungarian achievements in the was once sold. The bastion is of the site with con temporary Open 10am–4pm Tue–Sun. ∑ zti.hu heri tage can be found at Nos.
is decorated with bas-reliefs by arts, sciences, engineering and a purely aesthetic addition to materials and methods. 23 and 26. The remains of
Anton Hörger, depicting the sport. The building looks Castle Hill and boasts fine views From 1254 a Dominican Erdődy Palace was built in a 15th­century synagogue
horrific fate Buda’s citi zens medieval but in fact was of the Danube. In front of it is church, to which a tower was 1750–69 for the Erdődy family stand in the garden of No. 23.
suffered during these only built in the early a statue of St István. later added, stood on this site, by Mátyás Nepauer, the leading During excavations, tombs and
epidemics. Further up the 20th century, in a followed by a late Baroque architect of the day. It features religious items were found in
ornate column are statues Jesuit monastery. The remains out standing Baroque façades the courtyard of No. 26.
Neo-Gothic style. The w Mátyás Church of both buildings are incorpor­
Mátyás templom ated into the new hotel. The King István I
See pp66–7. ruins of the medieval church,
for example, uncovered during Born in Esztergom in 975, Vajk (Hero), the son
excavations in 1902, form part of Géza, was baptized at the age of 10 and
of the Dominican Court yard, chose the name István (Stephen). He succeeded
where concerts and operettas his father as Prince and in 1000 was
are staged in summer. crowned Catholic king of Hungary –
The main façade comprises the Vatican signalled its approval
part of the façade of the Jesuit by sending what became known
monastery. To the left of the as the crown of St István. A devout
entrance is St Nicholas’s Tower. man, István set about Christianizing
In 1930, a replica of a 15th­ Hungary, founding bishop rics,
century German bas­relief of cathedrals and abbeys. He died in 1038,
King Mátyás, considered to be and was canonized by Pope Gregory VII
his most authentic likeness, as St István of Hungary in 1083.
Buda’s Old Town Hall, its clock tower crowned with an onion-shaped dome, on Holy Trinity Square was added to this tower.
For hotels and restaurants see pp264–269 and pp276–285

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