Budapest in short

Buda Castle (Budavári Palota) first completed in 1265. Destroyed and reconstructed several times since its foundation 

Statue on top of Gellért Hill

Freedom Statue on top of Gellért Hill overlooking Budapest

The Hungarian Parliament in neo-gothic style

Construction started in 1885 and completed in 1904

Lajos Kossuth lawyer, journalist and President of the Kingdom of Hungary during the revolution of 1848-49. Freedom fighter and bellwether of democracy in Europe.

The Hungarian Parliament seen from Fisherman´s Bastion

King Stephen I of Hungary (975 - 15 August 1038 AD) also Saint Stephan

Matthias Church constructed in the second half of the 14th century. Has been the scene for several cornonations and royal weedings.

Chain Bridge over Duna seen from Buda side

View over Margaret Bridge, the parliament and Chain Bridge

The Hungarian Parliament building in Pest side of Duna houses the office of the Prime Minister, the assembly hall of the House of Magnates and the assembly hall of the House of Representatives

Count István Tisza prime minister 1903-05 and 1913-17

Beautiful trams trafficing the streets of Budapest

Demonstration outside the parliament. The current prime minister Viktor Orbán is not popular everywhere. Roxette´s Listen To Your Heart was used for his campaign for the 1990 elections 

Attila József, Hungarian poet taking a break outside the parliament on the riverbank of Buda

"Shoes on the Danube Bank" - the most moving memorial of Budapest

To the memory of the victims shot into the Danube by Arrow Cross militiamen in 1944-45

At the end of WWII people was executed on the embarkment after being told to remove their shoes