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One of the symbols of Bologna
Several legends are connected with the fountain. It is said that the nakedness of Neptune so confused the honorable inhabitants of Bologna that the church ordered to put on bronze statues on the statue.
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7 years ago
The largest museum in Florence
The original house was lined with rust and looked like a fortress; was located on a slope, and the courtyard was turned into a garden. But Pitty did not have enough money to complete the palace.
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7 years ago
One of the many museums in Florence
San Marco is a museum of Florence, which today is housed in an ancient Dominican monastery, founded in the XII century. In the XV century the monastery was rebuilt by order of Pope Eugene IV and with the funding of Cosimo Medici the Elder.
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7 years ago
Leader of the liberation war
The equestrian statue of Prince Ferenc Rakoczi is located on the Pest side, near the promenade, in front of the Hungarian Parliament. The figure of the prince on a raised horse is made of bronze and mounted on a massive pedestal of red granite.
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8 years ago
Reagan was not in Budapest
In 2011, a monument to the famous Ronald Reagan - a politician and President of the United States - was unveiled. A bronze two-meter statue made of bronze stands on Freedom Square in the heart of the city.
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8 years ago
Temple of three architectural styles
The temple combines features of different architectural styles - Baroque facade, decorated in the XVIII century, Gothic medieval buildings and part of the foundation of the ancient Roman fortress, which was once located on this site.
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8 years ago
Fighter for Hungarian independence
Count Andrá ssy is one of the main fighters for Hungary's independence from the Habsburgs. He was sentenced in absentia by the Austrian authorities to death by hanging and in 1851 was symbolically executed.
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8 years ago
Leader of the Hungarian Revolution
The monument to Lajos Kossuth is located in Kossuth Lajos Square, which overlooks the eastern facade of Parliament. Lajos Kossuth is a prominent Hungarian statesman, revolutionary and lawyer, Prime Minister and Ruler-President of Hungary during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848-1849.
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8 years ago
Big beautiful square
In general, in our understanding, this is not a square, but a square surrounded by streets. There is not much free space here. In the northern part - a memorial to the fallen Soviet soldiers.
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8 years ago
The largest collection of materials about the Hungarian people
The Ethnographic Museum in Budapest is one of the largest, most important museums in Europe, with a diverse collection of more than 200.000 ethnographic artifacts, as well as historical photographs, manuscripts, folk music, films and videos of both Hungarian and international cultural significance.
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8 years ago
Italian, patron saint of Hungary
The monument to St. Gellert was erected in 1904 in the northeastern part of Mount Gellert. The author is the architect Gyula Jankowice. St. Gellert (Gerard) - a native of Venice, became one of the patrons of Hungary and died a martyr's death there.
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8 years ago
Large collection of paintings and sculptures
The collection of the museum consists of several collections, which in general are quite meaningful coverage of the history of European and world art. The ancient Egyptian branch includes the findings of Hungarian archaeological expeditions.
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8 years ago
Sissy Memorial Bridge
Construction of the bridge began in 1897. It got its name from Queen Elizabeth of Bavaria, widely known as Sissy. The bridge was opened on October 10.1903. It was a little over three hundred and seventy-eight meters long and eighteen meters wide.
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8 years ago
One of the most beautiful buildings in Budapest
The Vigado Concert Hall was built on the site of another ballroom, which was burned during the uprising against the Habsburg dynasty. The best architects, sculptors and artists were invited to build it.
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8 years ago
Outstanding palace
This palace was built especially for Sir Thomas Gresham, who founded the London Stock Exchange. The building was very fashionable at the time, it clearly stood out from the general building of Budapest.
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8 years ago
Palace Station
Keleti Railway Station, ie the "Eastern" - the largest of the three railway stations in Budapest. The station is located in Pest in the VIII district. The station building was built in the Neo-Renaissance style in 1881-1884.
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8 years ago
The memory of repressed people
On the facade of the house - photos of the repressed, which remind every passerby of those who died for human rights.
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8 years ago
The first house on the avenue
From the first house, Andrassy Avenue shows that there are few ordinary buildings here. The building of the Fonziere Insurance Company, which still has the inscription "Fonciere Pesti Biztos?
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8 years ago
Restored monument
The monument was first erected on May 21.1935 and was a bronze equestrian statue on a massive marble pedestal. Arthur George sits calmly, with dignity, on a horse, holding a hat in his right hand and reins in his left.
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8 years ago
Conqueror of Berlin
Andrá s Hadik, an Austrian field marshal of Hungarian-Slovak descent, went down in history as the hero of the Seven Years' War of 1756-1763, who in October 1757 carried out a daring cavalry raid on Berlin, capturing it for a day.
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8 years ago
Beautiful scenery
This castle is the same props as the Fisherman's Bastion. When you don't know this, you can't understand where this strange mixture of temples, buildings, architectural styles came from.
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8 years ago
Holy patron saint of Hungary
A monument to Stephen I - the founder of the Hungarian state - was erected in 1906. The sculptor Alajos Strobl worked on the creation of the monument for ten years, while carefully studying the smallest historical details.
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8 years ago
Bright and majestic temple
Matthias Cathedral is one of the most beautiful buildings in Budapest, built between 1250 and 1270 under the patronage of King Bela IV. After World War II, the building was declared dangerous and scheduled for demolition.
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8 years ago
Bastion, but not a fortress
It is not immediately clear that this beauty is created for beauty and has almost no functional purpose. Many tourists, a good place to explore Pest.
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8 years ago
You are greeted by the leaders of the Hungarian tribes
The central core of the monument is a 36-meter column, topped by the figure of the archangel Gabriel, who holds in his right hand the crown of the first Hungarian king Stephen I the Holy, and in the left - a double cross.
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8 years ago