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Local Customs: The Opera House
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The Budapest Opera House, situated in Andrassy utca 22, designed by Miklos Ybl was opened in 1884. The hydraulic stage machinery was installated here for the first time in the world, as a measure of fire control.
The interior space of this eclectic building is imaginatively arranged. The three tiers of boxes, with two decked roxal box in the center, are arranged in a horseshoe.
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Local Customs: Academy of Sciences
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The Hungarian Academy of Sciences on the large oval Roosevelt square. It was built in 1862-1865 to M. Ybl's neo-Renaissance plans, then the fashionable style.
In front of the building and in the square park there are numerous statuetes of famous Hungarians.
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Local Customs: The Vigado of Pest
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The Vigado of Pest (Concert Hall) was built between 1859 and 1864 on the site of the old concert hall, and the architect was Frigyes Feszl. Richly proportioned and symmetric, its facade overlooks the Dunakorzo (the Danube promenade) and is an excellent example of the Hungarian Romantic style.
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Local Customs: The City Park
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The Millenary Monument is an enormous parade ground called Hosok tere (Heroe's Square). In its center stads an 85 m semicircular open colonade divided into two parts. This was built for the thousandth anniversary of Hungary's existence.
At its center is a 36 m column with a winged Archangel Gabriel on the top, holding the Cross of Lorraine in one hand and the crown of Hungary in the other.
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Local Customs: The City Park
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At the pedestal of the column, the equestrian group of the seven chiefs of the Hungarian tribes who conquered the country with Prince Arpad place in the middle, is the work of Gyorgy Zala.
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Local Customs: The City Park
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The semicircular colonnades contains the statues of 7 sovereigns on each side with bronze reliefs below them, showing scenes from their lives.
To make access to the Park easier, a 3,6km underground line between the Inner City (starting from Vorosmarty ter) and the City Park was opened on May 2, 1896. It was the first underground railway on continental Europe.
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Local Customs: The City Park
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Besides the Millenary Monument there are other attractions in the City Park, such as; the Zoo and Botanical Garden, the Amusement Park, the Transport Museum and the famous Szechenyi Medicinal Baths.
A whole network of shady paths interweave the Southern section of the Park. This part may also be considered an arboretum, because of its valuable collection of trees and plants.
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Local Customs: The Exibition Hall
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On the right-hand side of Hosok tere stands this alaborately decorated plain brick building. The Exibition Hall shows domestic and fpreign work in every season. This is the largest venue in the capital for temporary exibitions.
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Local Customs: The Museum of Fine Arts
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The Museum of Fine Arts, which stands on the left-hand side of Hosok tere, was opened in 1906. It was designed in neo-Classical style as a copy of the Parthenon of Athens.
The current display contains a permanent show of Egyptian, Greek and Roman art, as well as Italian, French and Flemish paintings.
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Local Customs: Franz Liszt Music Academy
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Franz Liszt Music Academy, situated in the ononymous street, is considered one of the best in the Central Europe. The front facade of the building, built in neo-classical style, is beautifuly decorated and with a huge statue to the composer right above the main entrance.
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Gili_S Mon Aug 14, 2006 18:06 UTC
Great tips and photos. Maybe I'll be back here one day :) | prmass Tue Aug 1, 2006 06:43 UTC
This one city I wanted to visit and never got the chance. Perhaps some time in the future I will. | FRONA Tue May 2, 2006 09:17 UTC
idem jos malo gore pa ti fala na odlicnim tipovima!!!! | budapest8 Thu Jan 26, 2006 10:32 UTC
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