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Budapest Trip 2006 11th April 2006 - 18th April 2006 [2] |
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Across the Danube from Buda, with the Parliament building, Gellert Hill and and Castle Hill visible |
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Monument to Imre Nagy symbolizing his 1956 defection from the side of Communism to that of the people |
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Liberty Square and the obelisk commemorating Red Army soldiers who died during the siege of Budapest 1944-45 |
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The bridgehead of Chain Bridge |
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View of Chain Bridge and the Parliament from Castle Hill |
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The Parliament Building |
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St Stephen's Basilica |
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The truly magnificent interior of St Stephen's Basilica |
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Buda apartment walls colourfully decorated by graffiti artists |
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Advertisement decorates an apartment mural |
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The Byzantine-Moorish Great Synagogue in central Pest, the largest in Europe |
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Bronze sculpture in the Castle Gardens |
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Parliament building and the statue of Ferenc II Rákóczi, who led one of the earliest revolts against the Hapsburgs in 1703-11 |
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Parliament building bathed in late afternoon sunshine |
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Parliament building at night |
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Chain Bridge and its distinctive stone lions, Castle Hill visible in the background |
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View (in not so perfect lighting and weather conditions) of the Danube from Gellért Hill showing Elizabeth Bridge (foreground), Chain Bridge and Margaret Bridge |
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View Chain Bridge viewed from above the Funicular Railway |
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Castle Hill across the Danube from Pest, St Mátyás Church and Fishermen's Bastion clearly visible |
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