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\nIt often features in the “definitive” shots of the city, dominating the surroundings along the Pest riverbank. I like this perspective of it, taken from the deck of a river-cruise ship, the best of all – it feels all the more palatial from here.<\/p>\n
The Heroes Square is a grand place adorned with monuments to Hungarian greats.
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\nLocated a handful of metro stops away from the river, the square is the gateway to the vast City Park, with several museums and tourist attractions nearby.<\/p>\n
High up above the Buda Embankment, the Fisherman’s Bastion is a delightful architectural stylization that offers fantastic views over the city.
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\nSt Stephen’s Basilica may not be as old as the Catholic shrines elsewhere, having been completed only about a hundred years ago, but is nonetheless architecturally imposing, especially when approached directly on Zrinyi St.
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\nIt seems borderline blasphemous to use the term “favorite” for a sight that commemorates a great tragedy, but I find the memorial below to be one of the most evocative of the Holocaust victims anywhere.
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\nThese cast iron shoes give remembrance to the Hungarian Jews who were ordered to take their shoes off before being executed on the banks of the Danube near the end of the Second World War. Profound in its simplicity and symbolism.<\/p>\n
Budapest is full of architectural specimen of different styles. Our records did not capture what this next building is famous for, if anything, but the contrast with the neighboring late-20-century apartment building is quite interesting.
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