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Cave Church (Sziklatemplom), Gellért Hill Certainly an eerie sight, this alleged abode of a holy and hermetic monk was expanded by the Paulite order in the '20s and '30s from the original cave into the modern complex. Under the communist regime, the entire order was arrested and imprisoned, and the church was walled up with concrete for nearly 40 years. Today, the church is an active site for tourists and pilgrims. The interior of the church is certainly interesting, but don't expect to be occupied for much more than a short while. While tourists aren't allowed inside the church during services, the music played inside takes on a strange but compelling echo

Una dintre cele mai mari atracţii ale Muntelui Gellert este Biserica din stâncă. Ea a fost făcută de un călugăr, Ivan, care vindeca cu ajutorul apelor termale (şi biserica este încălzită cu ele)

În anii comunismului (prin anii 60) biserica a fost interzisă iar intrarea ei închisă cu un zid de beton gros de 2 metri.

Abia în 1990 zidul a fost desfiinţat

At the foot of Gellért Hill and directly facing the green Szabadság Bridge, the world-famous hotel was built in the Vienna Secession style and incorporates gorgeous elements of the then-emerging Art Nouveau. While the hotel itself is probably beyond most student budgets, the equally famous adjoining baths are certainly not. Probably the most popular of the Buda baths for tourists, the Gellért Baths feature a richly tiled interior with statues and columns surrounding the main bath. Outside, an enormous sitting bath is popular with visitors of all ages.

Budapesta este şi un oraş balnear. Aici există 123 de izvoare termale iar proprietăţile curative ale apei ajută la tratarea multor maladii.

Unul dintre cele mai vechi hoteluri termale este Gellert, construit în stil art nouveau în anii 1911-1918, care dispune însă de cele mai moderne instalaţii medicale.

Liberty Monument (Szabadság Szobor), Gellért Hill Visible from all over the city, Budapest's Liberty Monument has a complicated history.

Pe vârful Muntelui Gellert este Statuia Libertăţii

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The Széchenyi Chain Bridge is a suspension bridge that spans the River Danube between Buda and Pest. It was the first permanent bridge across the Danube in Budapest, and was opened in 1849.

Podul cu lanţuri, construit în 1839-1849 lega odinioară cele două oraşe, Buda şi Pesta

Museum of Ethnography (Magyar Néprajzi Múzeum) - one of Europe's largest museum of its kind

Muzeul de Artă Populară a fost construit în anii 1893-1896

Merkantil Bank

Saint Stephen's Basilica, (Roman Catholic basilica), is named in honour of Stephen, the first King of Hungary (c 975–1038), whose mummified fist is housed in the reliquary. It is the third largest church building in Hungary.

Cea mai mare biserică din Budapesta şi a treia din Ungaria, este Basilica Sfântul Ştefan, construită în anii 1851- 1905.

The Millennium Memorial, was completed in 1900, the same year the square was named "Heroes' Square". It lies at the end of Andrássy Avenue (with which it comprises part of an extensive World Heritage site), next to City Park.

The Vajdahunyad Castle houses the Hungarian Agricultural Museum. Founded here in 1896, it is the first institution of its kind in the world.

Cu ocazia sărbătoririi Mileniului, alături de Piaţa Eroilor unde s-a ridicat Monumentul Mileniului, s-a construit Castelul.

Fiecare parte a sa reprezintă cele mai reuşite creaţii ale artei arhitecturale maghiare şi europene, cu elemente de stil romanic, gotic, baroc sau renaştere.

Turnul Apostolilor (1896-1902)

The Vajdahunyad Castle was built between 1896 and 1908, designed by Ignác Alpár. It is a copy in part of a castle in Transylvania, Romania, that is called Hunyad, though it is also a display of different architectural styles: Romanic, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque.

Cea mai frumoasă parte este reproducerea Castelului Huniazilor, castelul lui Ioan de Hunedoara, tatăl regelui Matia Corvin.

Fotografii: Marta Slăvescu

Prezentare: Sanda Foişoreanuwww.slideshare.net/michaelasanda

Muzică: ♦ Attila Vadasz jr and his band– An der schonen Blauen Donau

♦ Franz Schubert – Ave Maria

♦ Fragment din Valurile Dunării de Iosif Ivanovici