6 Dark History Landmarks in Budapest
6 landmarks with verified facts and stories
Buda Castle Labyrinth
9 Úri utca, District I, Budapest, 1014, Hungary
Sixteen metres beneath the cobblestoned streets of the Castle District lies a network of caves and passages that humans have used for half a million years.
Cave Church
District XI, Budapest, Hungary
Built into the natural caves of Gellért Hill, directly above the Danube and behind the Gellért Hotel, this church is one of the most unusual places of worship in Europe.
Great Synagogue
2 Dohány utca, District VII, Budapest, 1074, Hungary
The largest synagogue in Europe and the second largest in the world seats 3,000 people under a ceiling that draws its decorative language not from European traditions but from the Islamic architecture of North Africa and medieval Spain.
Hospital in the Rock
4C Lovas út, District I, Budapest, 1012, Hungary
Beneath the Castle District, carved into the limestone caves of Castle Hill, lies a secret hospital that operated during two of the most dangerous moments of the twentieth century and was classified for decades afterward.
House of Terror
60 Andrássy út, District VI, Budapest, 1062, Hungary
The building at 60 Andrássy Avenue has been a place of terror under two different regimes, and now it is a museum about both.
Shoes on the Danube Bank
Id. Antall József rkp., 1054 Budapest
Sixty pairs of iron shoes sit on the stone embankment of the Danube, about 300 metres south of Parliament.
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