Free Walking Sightseeing Tour #16 in Budapest, Hungary
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6 km
51 m
Explore Budapest in Hungary with this free self-guided walking tour. The map shows the route of the tour. Below is a list of attractions, including their details.
Activities in BudapestIndividual Sights in BudapestSight 1: Kocsis András
András Kocsis, born Andor Kocsis, Kossuth and Munkácsy Mihály Prize-winning Hungarian sculptor.
Sight 2: Újpesti Víztorony
The Újpest Water Tower is one of many water towers in Budapest.
Sight 3: Boldog Sándor István szalézi szerzetes
István Sándor was Hungarian Salesian and labourer, martyr and Blessed;
Sight 4: Görgey Artúr
Artúr Görgei de Görgő et Toporc was a Hungarian military leader renowned for being one of the greatest generals of the Hungarian Revolutionary Army.
Sight 5: Bay Zoltán
Zoltán Lajos Bay was a Hungarian physicist, professor, and engineer who developed technologies, including tungsten lamps and microwave devices. He was the leader of the second group to observe radar echoes from the Moon (Moonbounce). From 1930, he worked at the University of Szeged as a professor of theoretical physics.
Sight 6: Vajk - István
Stephen I, also known as King Saint Stephen, was the last Grand Prince of the Hungarians between 997 and 1000 or 1001, and the first King of Hungary from 1000 or 1001, until his death in 1038. The year of his birth is uncertain, but many details of his life suggest that he was born in, or after, 975, in Esztergom. He was given the pagan name Vajk at birth, but the date of his baptism is unknown. He was the only son of Grand Prince Géza and his wife, Sarolt, who was descended from a prominent family of gyulas. Although both of his parents were baptized, Stephen was the first member of his family to become a devout Christian. He married Gisela of Bavaria, a scion of the imperial Ottonian dynasty.
Sight 7: Kulin-csillagda
The Kulin Starda is an observatory operating at the top of the Books Kálmán High School in Budapest. A similar ‘classical’ observatory may only boast in the whole country.
Sight 8: Magyar Autóklub
The Hungarian Automobile Club Service Center is an office building in Budapest, in Budapest IV. district, owned by the Hungarian Automobile Club (MAK) and functioning as its national headquarters and headquarters. Its unique shape, forming the Latin letter "a", refers to the initials of the words Automobile Club and, more broadly, automobile.
Sight 9: Újpesti Kocsiszín
Újpest depot is a defunct tram depot in the XIII. district of the defunct tram remiz Budapest, in the Újpest-városkapu transport hub, on the border of district IV. The building is an industrial monument and today houses a supermarket.
Sight 10: Újpesti lóvasút végállomás
The Horse Railway in Újpest was the first horse railway in Hungary, which began operation on July 30, 1866 and ceased in 1900 when the tram was finally replaced. The two terminals between the "Újpest Indo House" and Széna Square, the then -independent city between Újpest and Pest.
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