2023 BLAZING IN BUDAPEST
HOUSE OF TERROR One of many museums in
Hungarian paprika, widely considered the world’s best
the city is the House of Terror, located in the building that was once Nazi Headquarters during World War II and later notorious as a torture center used by the fascist Arrow Cross Party. Ironically, the 4‐floor locaon was originally known as the House of Loyalty before it was taken over for nefarious purposes in the 1940s and 1950s.
ANDRÁSSY ÚT This avenue is an elegant 2.5‐ kilometre (2‐mile) long tree‐ lined street connecng Deák Ferenc tér to the Heroes Square. It is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Both sides are lined with large shops and flats that have been built close together. Underneath runs connental Europe’s oldest underground railway, where most of the staons have preserved their original grandeur. Heroes’ Square is dominated by the Millenary Monument, with the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in front. To the sides are the Museum of Fine Arts and the Kunsthalle Budapest, and at the rear of City Park is Vajdahunyad Castle. The Hungarian State Opera House is found in this neighborhood. DOHÁNY STREET SYNAGOGUE This is the largest synagogue in Europe, and the second largest acve synagogue in the world. The complex takes up several blocks in central Budapest. It was built in the moorish revival style in 1859 and seats 3,000. Adjacent to it is a steel sculpture of a weeping willow tree to commemorate the Hungarian vicms of the Holocaust. SZÉCHENYI MEDICINAL BATH Budapest is famous for its thermal springs, some of which have been used for therapeuc purposes since prehistory. The city is also home to Széchenyi Medicinal Bath, the largest in Europe.
Located in City Park, it
opened in 1913, when more than 200,000 bathers visited the three large outdoor pools. Its water is supplied by two thermal springs, with temperatures of 74 °C (165 °F) and 77 °C (171 °F). SEVEN DANUBE BRIDGES Because Budapest lies on two opposite banks of the Danube, several bridges are required to cross between Buda to Pest. Seven structures run from north to south: the Árpád Bridge (1950) at the north of Margaret Island; the Margaret Bridge (1901), destroyed during the war by an explosion and rebuilt in 1948; the Chain Bridge (1849), destroyed during World War II and then rebuilt in 1949; the Elisabeth Bridge (1903) dedicated to murdered Queen Elisabeth, destroyed by the Germans during the war and replaced with a new one in 1964; the Liberty Bridge (1896) rebuilt in 1989 in Art Nouveau style; the Petőfi Bridge (1937), destroyed during the war and rebuilt in
Budapest’s Terror Museum
THE FORMER ROYAL PALACE Once the scene of bales from the 13th century, the palace now houses two museums and the Naonal Széchenyi Library. The nearby Sándor Palace holds the offices and official residence of the President of Hungary. MATTHIAS CHURCH The seven‐hundred‐year‐old church crowns one of the major landmark areas of Budapest, built in neo‐Gothic style and decorated with colored shingles and elegant pinnacles. Next to it stands the equestrian statue of King Saint Stephen, and behind that is the Fisherman’s Bason, built in 1905 by the architect Frigyes Schulek.
The picturesque Szechenyi Chain Bridge at night
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