The Gresham Palace is an Art Nouveau masterpiece easily identified by its symmetrical façade, intricate wrought-iron peacock gates, and the two copper turrets crowning its roof along the Danube. Built between nineteen oh four and nineteen…
Parliament and Grand Squares
This walk takes you through Lipótváros to see Budapest's grandest political and religious landmarks, along with some of its most moving historical monuments.
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1. Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace Budapest
2. Shoes on the Danube Bank
Sixty pairs of iron shoes rest along the edge of the stone embankment on the Pest side of the Danube. These shoes, fashioned in the styles of the nineteen-forties, include boots, heeled shoes, and tiny pairs for children, all set directly…
3. Kossuth Lajos Square
Kossuth Lajos Square is dominated by the Hungarian Parliament Building, an immense neo-Gothic structure that rises above the east bank of the Danube. Before this site became the symbolic center of Hungarian political life, it was a…
4. Monument of National Martyrs
The Monument of National Martyrs stands on Vértanúk Square, near the Hungarian Parliament. You can identify it by its two distinct sculptural elements: an allegorical figure of Hungária, depicted as a soldier holding a spear and wearing…
5. Liberty Square
Liberty Square in Budapest is identifiable by the towering, obelisk-shaped Soviet War Memorial at its center, topped with a golden star. The square is a public park surrounded by grand nineteenth-century buildings, including the former…
6. Memorial for Victims of the German Occupation
The Memorial for Victims of the German Occupation features a towering bronze statue of the Archangel Gabriel, who holds the national symbol of Hungary in his hands [1.1, 1.2, 1.3]. He is shown being attacked by a large, predatory eagle…
7. Postal Savings Bank
The Postal Savings Bank, located at Hold utca four, is recognizable by the whimsical ceramic bees and beehives perched along its roofline. Designed by the architect Ödön Lechner and completed in nineteen oh one, the building was intended…
8. St. Stephen's Basilica
St. Stephen’s Basilica is defined by its massive dome, which reaches a height of ninety-six meters. This height matches that of the Hungarian Parliament Building, a deliberate design choice meant to symbolize the equal weight of spiritual…