Szent István Bazilika - Saint Stephen's Basilica

In the 5th district, the hearth of Budapest, there is a very spacious square where you fcan't miss the Szent István Bazilika - Saint Stephen's Basilica.

We come out from the street where you saw these two nice houses and there it is, a huge monument.

Here you can even see the building of my previous post in the corner of the picture:





In the brochures, I didn't read anything about those two numbers you can see on the facade, but as it was year 2006, 1456 must represent the battle of Nándorfehérvár (today: Belgrade) where the Hungarians beat the Turks and so stopped them from their intent to invade the Christian Europe. And 1956 - well, one can find a lot of material about the Hungarian revolution of that year.





Have a look inside (last post on that page)

Yet another nice house

In downtown Budapest, I think in the same street as the one in my previous post, with the beautiful balcony, right beside the Bazilika

Balcony

One thing that I like very much in Hungary: very often they have a lot of flowers and plants at the windows and terrasses.

A house in downtown

Painted ceiling of New York Cafe

A peek throught the window, like here

Metró - the subway in Budapest

It was renovated not long ago. I hope it stays nice.

The Arena

This is not a giant discman - it's the big sports arena in Budapest, named after László Papp.

The Place for big concerts (like Tori Amos or Michale Bolton coming soon), matches Like Hungary-Sweden icehockey just now on Thursday), fairs and other events (like the 26th National Táncház Festival and Craft Market this coming weekend).

It was built 4 years ago, after the old one burned down in 1999.

Sic transit gloria mundi