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A view of the Danube River that splits Buda and Pest (which together are Budapest), as seen from Buda; the Parliament Building is visible in the distance.
Closer view of the Parliament Building on the Pest side of the Danube River. Construction began in 1885 but was not completed until 1904.
A night-time view of Buda's Royal Castle as seen from along the Danube in Pest.
The statue of Stephen I, saint and king, in the Fisherman&apos;s Bastion terrace on the Buda side of Budapest.
Close up of some of the architecture in Fisherman's Bastion on Castle Hill in Buda.
The Church of the Assumption - more commonly referred to as the Matthais Church - in front of the Fisherman's Bastion in Buda's Castle District.
The Royal Castle (also referred to as the Royal Palace) on Castle Hill. Formerly the residence of Hungarian kings, the castle now houses the Hungarian National Gallery and the Budapest History Museum.
The Millennium Monument in Heroes Square in Budapest contains statues of many outstanding Hungarian statesmen.
Statues of seven mounted figures at the base of the Millennium Monument column represent the Magyar chieftains who led the Hungarian people to their settlement in the Pannonian Plain of central Europe.
The Museum of Fine Arts in Budapest is situated to the left of the Millennium Monument.
A monument in Budapest to Imre Nagy, leader during the failed 1956 revolution.
The Liberty Statue or Freedom Statue on Gellert Hill in Budapest commemorates those "who sacrificed their lives for the independence, freedom, and prosperity of Hungary." Originally erected in 1947 in remembrance of what was then referred to as the Soviet liberation of Hungary in World War II, the monument was rededicated in 1989 following the transition from communist rule to democracy.
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