11 historic places
Historic Places in Hungary
Imperial Budapest, Ottoman sieges, and 1956
A map-based guide to historic places to visit in Hungary — the palaces and bridges of Budapest, the memorials of the Holocaust and 1956, and the castles that held the Ottoman line.
Heritage1265Buda Castle
The royal palace on Castle Hill, razed and rebuilt through every Hungarian catastrophe.
Historical1526Mohács Battlefield
The 1526 catastrophe that ended medieval Hungary in less than two hours.
Historical1552Eger Castle
Where 2,000 defenders — women among them — broke an Ottoman army of 40,000.
Heritage1849Széchenyi Chain Bridge
The first permanent bridge to bind Buda and Pest into one city.
Heritage1856Esztergom Basilica
Hungary's largest church, where Saint Stephen was crowned in the year 1000.
Cultural1859Dohány Street Synagogue
The largest synagogue in Europe, with a mass grave in its garden.
Cultural1896Heroes' Square
The Magyar chieftains and a thousand years of kings, gathered around a colonnade.
Heritage1902Fisherman's Bastion
Seven fairy-tale turrets for the seven Magyar tribes who founded Hungary.
Heritage1902Hungarian Parliament Building
A neo-Gothic colossus on the Danube, raised for Hungary's thousandth birthday.
Historical1944Shoes on the Danube Bank
Sixty iron shoes for the Jews shot into the river by the Arrow Cross.
Historical2002House of Terror Museum
The headquarters of two terrors — the Arrow Cross and the communist secret police.