Travel Reference
In-Depth Information
Fő utca is the arrow-straight 'Main St' running from Clark Ádám tér through Víziváros; not
ogee-arched door and window on the southern side; it was used as a mosque during the
Turkish occupation. Around the corner is the seal of King Matthias Corvinus - a raven with
a ring in its beak - and a little square called Corvin tér.
Here you'll find the delightful Lajos Fountain (Lajos kútja) dating from 1904. The Eclect-
ic building on the north side at No 8 is the Buda Concert Hall (Budai Vigadó). To the north
the Iron Stump is an odd-looking tree trunk into which itinerant artisans and merchants
would drive a nail to mark their visit in medieval times.
SQUARE
BATTHYÁNY TÉR
The centre of Víziváros, Batthyány tér is the best place to take pictures of the photogenic
Parliament building across the Danube. On the southern side is the 18th-century baroque
Church of St Anne, with one of the most eye-catching interiors of any baroque church in
Budapest, including a magnificent late-18th-century pulpit and organ. In the square's centre
is the entrance to both the M2 metro and the HÉV suburban line to Szentendre.
SQUARE
NAGY IMRE TÉR
utca 70-78; 86, M2 Batthyány tér)
on its northern side. Imre Nagy and others were tried
and sentenced to death here in 1958 for their role in the 1956 Uprising. It was also the site
of the notorious
Fő utca prison
, where many other victims of the Communist regime were
incarcerated and tortured.
MUSEUM
FOUNDRY MUSEUM
child 800/400Ft; 9am-5pm Tue-Sun Apr-Oct; 86, 4, 6)
This museum - a lot more interesting than it sounds - is housed in the Ganz Machine Works
foundry that was in use until the 1960s, and the massive ladles and cranes still stand,
anxiously awaiting employment. Alas, time and progress have frozen them still. The exhib-
its also include cast-iron stoves, bells and street furniture.
