Man and His Cat in Pest, Budapest, Hungary
This man had a begging post near the Elisabeth Bridge (Erzébet hid). Empress Elisabeth was an extraordinarily popular figure in the Austro-Hungarian Empire, despite Magyar antipathy towards the Habsburgs. She lived a life of mild eccentricity, at odds with her husband and obsessive about her waistline, but her love for
Rope Walker, March 15 Square, Budapest, Hungary
March 15 commemorates the start of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848.
St. Stephen Statue & Liberty Bridge, Budapest, Hungary
Of all the statues in Budapest – and there are many – this is a particular favorite. It’s only 12-years-old, created in 2001 by Pál Ko. Check out the details on the leggings and toes. On the masts of the Liberty Bridge, you can just glimpse the bronze statues of
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Gellért Monument, Gellért Hill, Budapest, Hungary
Gellért Hill (Szent Gellért hegye) is named after Saint Gerard, a man with the unfortunate honor of being the first bishop to be sealed into a barrel pierced with nails and heaved over a hill into the Danube. His patron, King Stephen, had recently died and the rebelling pagan Magyars
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