Zichy kastély

Name: Zichy kastély
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1033 Budapest, Fő tér 1.

Description

This castle was built for Count Miklós Zichy and his wife, the Lords of Óbuda in the 18th Century In the courtyard (concerts in the Summer), admire its beautiful façade and its stairwell.… Read the rest here →

Imre Varga Museum

Name: Imre Varga Museum
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1033 Budapest, Laktanya utca 7.

Description

This museum holds in several rooms and in the garden, some works or models by this contemporary prolix sculptor. He made a large number of monumental sculptures or groups visible in all four corners of the capital or even all over Hungary.… Read the rest here →

Former Synagogue of Óbuda

Name: Former Synagogue of Óbuda
Category: Religious buildings
Location: 1036 Budapest, Lajos utca 163.

Description

This building is characterised by a Neo-classical doorway with six columns and it is located away from the street (Lajos Street), close to the Aquincum hotel and a block of high-rise type flats.… Read the rest here →

Jewish Quarter

Name: Jewish Quarter
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1062 Budapest, Károly Körút

Description

Cut off along its main lines by Káróly körút, Erzsébet körút, Dohány Street and Király Street, the Jewish Quarter is a good area to go for a walk: thus you would duiscover along the streets a particular atmosphere, whilst imagining who reigned here in other times.… Read the rest here →

Hungarian Natural History Museum

Name: Hungarian Natural History Museum
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1088 Budapest, Baross utca 13.

Description

Near Orczy Kert, a park planted with a hundred species of trees, this museum, through its exhibition “Man and Nature in Hungary”, shows to what point man, since his appearance on earth, has used nature to ensure his own existence.… Read the rest here →