| Hungarian Parliament Building, taken from Fisherman's Bastion |
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Budapest on Our Own - Day 2, Part 2 of 3
June 20, 2008
Posted August 2, 2010
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Continue our self-tour of Budapest
| Hungarian Parliament Building, taken from Fisherman's Bastion |
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| Another Fisherman's Bastion tower |
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| They're big on equestrian statues in Buda |
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| Typical narrow street near the castle, this one leading back toward the castle |
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| World War
II bullet holes in a north-end castle building. Across the street are acres of ruins left as testament to devastation in 1945. |
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| Chain bridge, with St. Stephen's Basilica in the background |
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| Mary, with the Danube river and Pest behind her. |
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| Herb in same spot. Note the river tour boat at right. |
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| Another angle of Chain Bridge |
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| Danube river and the Parliament Building. The river splits around an island. |
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| Bronze statue of Sigismund in front of Buda Castle |
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| Mary walks
along the fortress wall, which has many gun ports. Everything is new (circa 1970), designed loosely with archaeological evidence of Buda castle multiply destroyed through centuries. |
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| Reverse view of fortification building at end of wall |
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| Further castle structures and garden viewed through a south-facing gun port. |
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