attractions

The Pharmacy Museum

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Name: The Pharmacy Museum
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1014 Budapest, Tárnok utca 18.

Description

A 15th century merchant’s house which was turned into the Arany Sas pharmacy (the Golden Eagle’s) in the middle of the 18th century. This small museum exhibits pharmaceutical objects, pots and instruments from the 16th to 19th century and an 18th century apothecary has been reconstructed, together with a laboratory that is more like an alchemist’s den.… Read the rest here →

Szentháromság tér

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Name: Szentháromság tér
Category: Architecture, castles and historic districts
Location: 1014 Budapest, Szentháromság tér.

Description

Carriages await the visitors on the main square in the castle district, around the Trinity column built to commemorate the plague epidemics in the 17th and 18th century.… Read the rest here →

The house of Hungarian wines

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Name: The house of Hungarian wines
Category: Industrial tourism and theme park
Location: 1014 Budapest, Szentháromság tér 6.

Description

A brief stop can easily turn into a long pause in the house of Hungarian wines! Even though tokaj is still the best known Hungarian wine abroad, there are still other names to be discovered.… Read the rest here →

Nagytétényi Castle Museum

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Name: Nagytétényi Castle Museum
Category: Museums and art
Location: 1225 Budapest, Kastélypark utca 9.

Description

A rich and fascinating collection of furniture from the Middle Ages to the 19C is displayed in the 18C Száraz-Rudnyánszky castle, built on the site of the fortified Roman town of Campona.… Read the rest here →

Church of the Franciscans

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Name: Church of the Franciscans
Category: Religious buildings
Location: 1053 Budapest, Ferenciek tere 2.

Description

It opens out with a porch lined by columns and covered by the coat of arms for the order. On the façade, three niches contain the statues of Saint Peter of Alcantara, Saint Anthony of Padua and Saint Francis of Assisi.… Read the rest here →