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1. Hungarian Parliament Building

Parliament building and guided toursLipótváros

Hungary's neo-Gothic seat of parliament on the Danube, completed in 1904, where guided tours lead to the Holy Crown and the domed central hall.

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2. Buda Castle

Royal palace complexCastle District

The former royal palace on Castle Hill, rebuilt many times since the 13th century, now home to the Hungarian National Gallery and the Budapest History Museum.

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3. Fisherman’s Bastion

Lookout terrace and monumentCastle District

A neo-Romanesque lookout terrace with seven turrets beside Matthias Church, built between 1895 and 1902 with wide views over the Danube and Pest.

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4. St Stephen’s Basilica

Basilica and panorama domeLipótváros

Budapest's largest church, completed in 1905, which holds the relic of St Stephen's right hand and has a dome terrace with views across the city.

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5. Matthias Church

Gothic churchCastle District

The Church of Our Lady of Buda Castle, a Gothic church with a patterned tile roof, scene of royal coronations in 1867 and 1916.

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6. Dohány Street Synagogue

Synagogue and Jewish museumJewish Quarter (Erzsébetváros)

Europe's largest synagogue, consecrated in 1859, with the Hungarian Jewish Museum, a Holocaust memorial garden and a cemetery for victims of the wartime ghetto.

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7. Heroes’ Square

Monumental squareCity Park (Városliget)

A grand square at the end of Andrássy út dominated by the Millennium Memorial, with statues of the Magyar chieftains and Hungarian rulers.

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8. Museum of Fine Arts

Art museumCity Park (Városliget)

A major art museum on Heroes' Square, opened in 1906, with Old Masters, Spanish painting, Egyptian and classical antiquities and Leonardo drawings.

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9. House of Terror

History museumTerézváros

A museum on Andrássy út about Hungary's fascist and communist dictatorships, housed in the former headquarters of the Arrow Cross and the ÁVH secret police.

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10. Hungarian National Museum

History museumPalotanegyed (Józsefváros)

Hungary's national history museum, founded in 1802, in a neoclassical building whose steps played a part in the 1848 revolution.

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