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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Liberty Statue, Citadel, Budapest, Hungary
As one of the highest spots in the city (771 ft.), Buda’s Gellért Hill is hard to miss. It’s also hard to attack, which is why it now has a ruddy big citadel on top. It was built by the Habsburgs, after a little dust-up known as the Hungarian Revolution
Hungarian National Museum, Budapest, Hungary
If you’ve got a spare shekel (or forint), it’s worth poking your head into the Hungarian National Museum. Like all national museums, there is an extraordinary amount of historical flotsam and passels of bored school kids, but there is also: Beethoven’s Broadwood Piano Acquired for 181 florins by C.A. Spina
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St. Stephen’s Basilica, Budapest, Hungary 1
In Budapest, even elderly saints work out. St. Stephen’s Basilica was only completed in 1905, and you can see the same musculature at work (or at the gym) in early 20th century print. The extensive poster collection in the Hungarian National Museum contains gems like this one: The first issue
