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Church of St John the Baptist
The Church of St John the Baptist at Castle Hill (Vár-domb), from where you can enjoy views of the town, is all thats left of the site of a fortress built in the Middle Ages.
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Herder Museum
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National Széchenyi Library
The National Széchenyi Library contains codices and manuscripts, a large collection of foreign newspapers and a copy of everything published in Hungary or the Hungarian language.
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City under the City
To the right of the main steps to the basilica is the entrance to the former archbishop’s cellars. A history-oriented tour leads you through the caverns and takes 45 minutes.
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Museum of Graeco
Displayed in this renovated Romantic-style former synagogue are plaster copies of stone sculptures that lined the walkways of Cseke-tó in the 19th century, including Venus de Milo.
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Medieval Chapter Hall
Beneath the Goat Church is the Chapter Hall - part of a 14th-century Benedictine monastery, with frescoes and stone carvings of grotesques, demons, and human moods and emotions.
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Otthon Cinema
A beautiful example of this mixture of mixture of Art Nouveau/Secessionist and folkloric elements is the restored Otthon Cinema, on the corner of pedestrian Görögtemplom utca.
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Inner City Church
The baroque Inner City Church, from 1777, has interesting contemporary ceiling frescoes highlighting events in Hungarian and world history – including an astronaut in space!
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Country House
A nature exhibition at the Country House deals with the flora, fauna and human inhabitants of the Eastern Cserhát Landscape Protection Reserve, part of which surrounds the village.
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Ják Chapel
The little church with the cloister opposite Vajdnahunyad Castle is called Ják Chapel because its intricate portal was copied from the 13th-century Abbey Church in Ják in western Hungary.
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Mihály Váci Cultural Centre
A modern must-see is the bizarre Mihály Váci Cultural Centre; built in 1981, this wobbly-looking, bridge-like structure was inspired by the principles of Japanese metabolism, so were told.
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Plank Church
The Calvinist Plank Church is a 1938 replica of a 17th-century Transylvanian-style wooden church. It has been completely rebuilt and renovated after being badly damaged by fire in 1997.
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Casemates
Beneath Eger Castle are casemates hewn from solid rock, which you may tour with a Hungarian-speaking guide included in the general admission price (English-language guide 900Ft extra).
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Budapest Puppet Theatre
The city’s puppet theatre, which usually doesn’t require fluency in Hungarian, presents shows designed for children at 10am or 10.30am, and 3pm. Consult the website for program schedules.
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New Theatre
The New Theatre is a Secessionist gem – embellished with monkey faces, globes and geometric designs – which opened as the Parisiana music hall in 1909. Its worth having a peek inside too.
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House of Folk Arts
Another place to see lavish examples of wall and furniture painting is at this museum in a former peasant’s cottage. Theres a good selection of Kalocsa embroidery in the adjoining gift shop.
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Kalocsa Painted Porcelain Factory
Tour this factory to see the making of the modern version of Kalocsa painted plates before you buy. Some find the bright tulips, daisies and paprikas rather garish – we rather like them.
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General’s House
The tower above Heroes Gate is open to visitors and accessible from the Generals House, which contains exhibits on folk art, trades and guilds, and the natural history of the area.
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Augusz House
Admire the eye-catching neo-Gothic Augusz House (Liszt stayed and performed here several times in the late 19th century when it was the Black Elephant Inn; today it houses a music school).
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Medieval Jewish Prayer House
With sections dating from the late 14th century, this tiny, ancient house of worship contains documents and items linked to the Jewish community of Buda, as well as Gothic stone carvings and tombstones.
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