
world heritage sites of budapest
Danube Panorama and Castle District The UNESCO World Heritage Committee has decided to include the view of the banks of the Danube in Budapest and the Castle District in the World Heritage List. | Andrássy Avenue and Heroes’ Square Heroes’ Square and its surroundings, as well as Andrássy Avenue with the Millennium Underground Railway, became parts of the World Heritage in 2002. |

world heritage sites of budapest Key Sections
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Academy of Music
The Academy of Music is the flagship of Hungarian musical education, and the most prestigious concert venue of Budapest. Its current building, the third in its history, is one of the most important Art Nouveau landmarks in the city. |
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Amusement Park
Right across from Széchenyi Thermal Bath is the Amusement Park, whose history dates back to the beginning of the 1800-s. The original park was called Vurstli. At the beginning of the 1900-s, the so-called English Park was built directly adjacent to it, and today’s Amusement Park was born from the merger of the two. |
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Art Hall
The Art Hall is the largest exhibition space in Hungary. It is one of Heroes’ Square’s dominant Classicist buildings. It has no permanent collection of its own; the regular temporary exhibitions feature mostly contemporary artists and art groups. |
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Budapest History Museum – Castle Museum
This museum, situated in the beautiful Buda Castle itself, showcases the main collection of Budapest’s archaeological finds, displaying the evolution (and sometimes the destruction) of the various settlements all the way from Roman times up until the 13th century. |
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Citadel
The Citadel was built as a military fortress on the highest point of Budapest’s city centre by Habsburg Austria, following the 1848-49 Revolution. The construction was finished in 1854, and the main function of the building was to present a constant threat to rebellious |




