Orszaghaz, or the the Hungarian Parliament Building is situated in Kossuth Lajos Square, on the bank of the Danube, in Budapest. It is the largest building in Hungary, and the second largest Parliament in Europe after the Romanian Parliament Palace in Bucharest. Construction was started in 1885 and completed in 1904, but the building was…
Vajdahunyad vara is a castle in City Park, Budapest, Hungary, built between 1896 and 1908 in different architectural styles (Romanic, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque). In part this is a copy of a castle in Transylvania, Romania, that is also called Vajdahunyad. The castel’s garden hosts the statue of Anonymus Notarius, chronicler of King Bela III…
The Primatial Basilica of the Blessed Virgin Mary taken into heaven and St Adalbert is an ecclesiastic basilica in Esztergom, Hungary, situated not far from Budapest and in the near vicinity of Danube river and Hungarian-Slovakian border. Known as the most precious remaining example of Renaissance art in Hungary, the Esztergom Basilica is dedicated to…
Three of the most famous orthodox monasteries in Romania: ‘Bistrita’, ‘Dintr-un lemn’ and ‘Horezu’ (UNESCO World Heritage Site). June 2008.
