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PHOTO GALLERY:
Budapest - Jun 2006


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Photogallery about our 5 days holiday in Budapest - the capital city of Hungary (30May-5Jun 2006). Budapest is a very large capital city with large and highly decorated building lining most of the streets of the central area. There are numerous impressive sites, churches, park squares, many museums and statues to keep the tourist and his camera busy. It is rather impossible to visit them all in a week. The transport system is very efficient for the 2 million inhabitants of Budapest - there is a fast underground metro, and efficient trams and buses at very cheap fares.

The most impressive sites are the Fisherman's Bastion including Mathias Church and small old village it withholds, Chains Bridge over the Danube river, the Castle, the majestic Parliament, the Jewish Synagogue, Saint Stephen (Istvan) Basilica, and a peaceful walk around Margit island. As far as I noticed, only Vaci Utca (Vaci Street) is for pedestrians only and it is also the most busy and popular street in Budapest with many shops, 2 nice parks, Cafeteria, some restaurants and of course lined by characteristic distinct decorated buildings side by side that literally, each deserves a photo for its own!

Restaurants are not concentrated in one area, and so, you have to walk a lot to have visited say 5 to choose from. The central ones are rather expensive compared to the living standards of Hungary but on the whole they have 'okay' prices for the pockets of many tourists. However there are several excellent restaurants with relatively cheap prices scattered around Budapest.


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Holiday in Budapest, Hungary (Jun/06)
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Several buildings lining the Danube river at Pest side. Photo taken from the terrace of the Budapest Royal Castle. The dark clouds meant lot of rain that day!

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Photo from the royal Castle showing St. Stephen Basilica, and the beautiful buildings in front of Chains Bridge (partly visible at the left).

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Photos of the Danube, Chains Bridge and the buildings at Pest side including the Parliament at the far end of the river bank.

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Photo taken from the terrace of the Royal Castle, showing at the back Gellert hill and its famous statue of liberty. Down below is a colourful church known as Tabani templom or St Tabani church, near Elizabeth Bridge. Further below there is a long brick-stone stairway leading down from the Castle terrace.

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This Synagogue is the second largest synagogue in the world, after New York's Temple Emmanuel. The Great Synagogue of Budapest was completed in 1859 from a Lajos Förster design.

Two impressive 'Moorish' style domes make it one of the most distinguishable landmarks in Pest, while the detailed façade of the building is decorated with brickwork in the heraldic colours of the city - blue, yellow and red.

The Synagogue has seating for 3000 people and is a centre of Neolog Judaism.


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The Synagogue's interior, designed by F. Feszl, has wall surfaces adorned with colored and golden geometric shapes. The Holy Ark is located on the eastern wall, facing the nearby Bimah.

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The choir-gallery is situated above the Holy Ark, while the women's galleries, supported by steel ornamented poles, are located at the upper levels on both southern and northern sides of the Synagogue.

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Every man who enters the Synagogue has to cover his head, and if he does not have a hat with him he can borrow a kippa from the Synagogue. This is shown in the photo, which is taken in front of the beautiful pedestal with the David star on top.

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This photo shows the Museum of Applied Arts. The beautiful building was designed by Odön Lechner and completed in 1896. It houses a number of interesting exhibitions with a permanent display of arts and crafts and furniture in the upper floors.

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Holiday in Budapest, Hungary (Jun/06)
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This large mustard-coloured buliding on Deak Ferenc Ter is called Anker Palace. It used to be the head office of an insurance company. It is a good landmark to know where the popular Deak Ferenc ter is.





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