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We
went on a four hour walking tour of Budapest -- a great way to see
the city! |
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of the stations on the historic metro line 1. This line opened in
1896 and is the oldest undergound railway in continental Europe. |
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| The
impressive Chain Bridge, which was opened in 1849 and was the first
bridge to span the Danube in Hungary. |
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castle in the middle of the city? In this case, yes: Vajdahunyad Castle,
built in 1896 and partly modelled after a fortress in Transylvania.
It now houses the Hungarian Agricultural Museum. |
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view from Castle Hill over the Danube. This is the view of the neo-Gothic
Parliament building, built in 1904. The Pest side of Budapest has
most of the major buildings, most built in the 19th century. |
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| One
of the great walls of the Heroes' Square (Hosök Tere), a great
monument erected in 1896 for the millennium of the Magyar conquest
of the Carpathian Basin. On the day we visited, it was the starting
point for the Budapest Marathon! |
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96m high neo-Renaissance dome of St. Stephen's Basilica. The church
is most famous for its Chapel of The Holy Right Hand, which houses
the shrivelled remains of the king-saint's hand. |
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