Self-guided Sightseeing Tour #3 in Budapest, Hungary

The southern part of Margaret Island, facing Margaret Bridge, has Hungary largest musical fountain.

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The former Franciscan monastery was built by King Alexander IV. It was founded by Béla on the Island of Rabbits, presumably at the same time as the construction of the Dominican monastery and the royal house founded for his daughter Saint Margaret. The remaining ruins of the monastery are the Gothic church façade, the remains of one of the side walls, the monastery cemetery and the cemetery chapel. The preservation of the ruins was helped by the fact that most of the ruins of the monastery were incorporated into the Palatine villa built in 1796, which was later converted into the Palatine Hotel. The remains of the hostel were demolished after 1945. As a result of the smaller archaeological excavations initiated at this time, some new, unexplored details of the monastery were revealed.

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Mihály Tompa, was a Hungarian lyric poet, Calvinist minister and corresponding member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. Together with János Arany and Sándor Petőfi they formed the triumvirate of young great poets of the Hungarian folk-national literature of the 19th century.

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Móricz Jókay of Ásva, known as Mór Jókai, was a Hungarian novelist, dramatist and revolutionary. Outside of Hungary, he was also known as Maurice Jókai or Maurus Jokai or Mauritius Jókai. He was a leader of the outbreak of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 in Pest. His romantic novels became widely popular among the elite of Victorian England, where he was often compared to Charles Dickens by the press. One of his most famous admirers was Queen Victoria herself.

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Ödön Lechner was a Hungarian architect, one of the prime representatives of the Hungarian Szecesszió style, which was related to Art Nouveau in the rest of Europe, including the Vienna Secession. He is famous for decorating his buildings with Zsolnay tile patterns inspired by old Magyar and Turkic folk art, which are combined with modern materials such as iron.

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Zoltán Ambrus was a Hungarian writer and translator. He completed gymnasium in Debrecen and Budapest and then studied law in Budapest. At the age of 18, his father died leaving him responsible for his family. He tutored and wrote theater criticism and articles for such publications as Pesti Napló, Fővárosi Lapok, and Budapesti Szemle. In 1885, he moved to Paris where he studied literature at the Collège de France and the Sorbonne. He became a contributor to A Hét upon his return to Pest and wrote a substantial quantity of short stories. In 1900, he became editor of Új Magyar Szemle, and wrote some pieces for Nyugat, as well as serving as director of the National Theater.

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The Dominican nunnery on Margaret Island was founded by King Alexander IV. It was founded by Bela in honor of the Virgin Mary. The Convent of Our Lady of Rabbits Island was the most important institution, the most significant and richest monastic building on the island in the Middle Ages.

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Mihály Táncsics was a Hungarian writer, teacher, journalist and politician.

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