Through Four Seasons' Eyes Budapest - IMEX America

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„As reconstruction began,
remnants of buildings
from the Middle Ages
emerged from beneath
the rubble
Gallery, the Budapest History Museum and the
Széchényi Library, which contains more than
two million books and Corvinia codices from
the King Mátyás collection. To reach Castle Hill,
ascend the tree-lined footpaths on its eastern
slope or hop on the funicular at Clark Ádám tér.
Víziváros
The neighborhood of Víziváros (Water City) is
set between the Castle District and the banks
of the Danube, and lined with steep streets
which wind around the foot of the hill. Busy
Fő utca leads from the Chain Bridge to one of
the district’s main transport hubs, Batthyány
tér, a major thoroughfare since Roman times.
Dominating the square is the Church of St
Anne, a rich example of Italian Baroque. What’s
remarkable is that it has survived relatively
unscathed after two world wars, a number of
uprisings, major floods and even earthquakes.
Like the Danube Promenade on the Pest
embankment, the nearby stretch of waterfront
is also dotted with cafés and restaurants, such
as the Angelika housed in the former vicarage
of St Anne’s and skirted by a large terrace.
Turkish Budapest
The weathered stone façade and tarnished
copper domes of the original Turkish Király
Baths are an intriguing site in this spa city. The