Budapest
Budapest
+ Buda
Sights
* Bécsi Kapu (Vienna Gate)
* Budai Labirintus (Castle Labyrinth)
* Budapesti Történeti Mùzeum (Budapest History Museum)
* Citadella (Citadel)
* Erzsébet Királyné Szobor (Statue of Queen Elizabeth)
* Gellért Emlékmű (Gellért Monument)
* Hilton Hotel
* Hotel Gellért és Gellért Gyógyfürdő (Gellért Hotel and Gellért Thermal Baths)
* Kereskedelmi és Vendéglátóipari Mùzeum (Museum of Commerce and Catering)
* Király Gyógyfürdő (Király Thermal Baths)
* Kortárs Művészeti Mùzeum (Contemporary Art Museum - Ludwig Collection)
* Magyar Nemzeti Galéria (hungarian National Gallery)
* Mária Magdolna-Torony (Mary Magdalene Tower)
* Mátyás-Kùt (Matthias Well)
* Öntödei Mùzeum (Foundry Museum)
* Országház Utca 18, 20, 22
* Országos Széchenyi Könyvtár (National Széchenyi Library)
* Régi Budai Városháza (Old Town Hall)
* Savoyai Jenő Szobor (Statue of Eugene of Savoy)
* Sikló (Funicular)
* Szabadság Híd (Freedom Bridge)
* Szabadság Szobor (Liberation Monument)
* Szarvas-Ház (Deer House)
* Széchenyi lánchíd (Széchenyi Chain Bridge)
* Szentháromság Szobor (Holy Trinity Column)
* Úri Utca 31 (Gentlemanly Street 31)
* Várszínház (Castle Theatre)
Pest
+ Pest
Excursions
+ Excursions
Walk/Drive
Food&Drink
In The Know
Did You Know?
( Worth Seeing )
Situated by the Citadella as a sombre reminder of Budapest's more recent turbulent past, the Liberation (or Freedom) Monument commemorates the Soviet-led liberation of the city from the Germans in 1945. Originally intended to honour the dictator Admiral Horthy's son (a young pilot who died in a crash believed to have been egineered by the Germans), the monument was adapted by the Communists to reflect a new era, with the addition of a soldier figure and the inscription: 'To the liberating Soviet heroes from a grateful Hungarian people.' However, few Hungarians who lived through that time shared the sentiment, and the monument has been adapted again.
Address: Citadella, Budapest I
Phone: 175 6451
Open: Open access
Restaurant: Aranyszarvas (Inexpensive)
Bus: Bus: 16, 78, Várbusz; Funicular
Admission: Free
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