linguistics and history. Buda Castle, this palace was a turbulent history dating back to the 13th century. Its present form, however, reflects the opulence of the 19th century. Today the palace houses some of the city's finest museums. Sights and historic places (The below sights are grouped by location.) Andrássy Avenue with its several sights including the Hungarian State Opera House, the Pest Broadway and the House of Terror Zelnik Istvan Southeast Asian Gold Museum on Andrássy Avenue in the Rauch villa Bauhaus in Budapest: walk in Napraforgó Street, row of 22 Bauhaus villas, Pasarét and Újlipótváros Buda Castle with the Royal Palace, the Funicular, Hungarian National Gallery and National Széchényi Library, Matthias Church, Holy Trinity Column (a plague column) and Fisherman's Bastion City Park with Széchenyi Medicinal Bath, Vajdahunyad Castle, the Timewheel, the Zoo, the Municipal Grand Circus and the Amusement Park Danube Promenade or Dunakorzó with Vigadó Concert Hall Ferenciek tere with Paris Courtyard and Erzsébet Bridge with Inner City Parish Church nearby Franz Liszt Academy of Music Gellért Baths, Gellért Hill with Gellért Statue, Cave Church and Citadel with Liberty Statue Geological Museum Great Market Hall and Liberty Bridge Heroes' Square with the Millenary Monument, the Palace of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts Margaret Island with the Centennial Memorial, a Japanese garden, a Musical Fountain, several recreation facilities and Franciscan, Dominican and Premonstratensian ruins from the Middle Ages Museum of Applied Arts National Museum Szabadság tér One of the most beautiful squares in downtown Budapest Corvin tér Beautifully restored square at the foot of Castle Hill Dohány Street Synagogue, the largest synagogue in Europe with the Holocaust Memorial (weeping willow statue) New York Café Óbuda Palace of Arts and National Theatre Parliament Building with the Holy Crown of Hungary and sceptre, Kossuth Memorial, Ethnographical Museum, Attila József statue, Imre Nagy statue Saint Stephen's Basilica Sashegy The largest Natural Reserve Park of Budapest Shoes on the Danube Promenade Gyula Pauer - Holocaust Memorial Statue Park Széchenyi Chain Bridge, Academy of Sciences and Gresham Palace Tomb of Gül Baba Váci utca and Vörösmarty Square Western Railway Station Erzsébetváros District VII, the former Jewish quarter References History of Budapest Sights and historic places in Budapest Budapest