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* Andrássy Út (Andrássy Way)
* Árpád Híd (Arphad Bridge)
* Belvárosi Plébánia Templom (Inner City Parish Church)
* Dohány Utca (Jewish District)
* Dunakorzó (The Promenade)
* Földalatti Mùzeum (Underground Railway Museum)
* Gundel Ètterem (Gundel Restaurant)
* Hopp Ferenc Kelet-Ázsiai Mùzeum (Ferenc Hopp Museum of Eastern Asiatic Art)
* Hősök Tere (Heroes' Square)
* Iparművészeti Mùzeum (Museum of Applied Arts)
* Közlekedési Mùzeum (Transport Museum)
* Magyar Nemzeti Mùzeum (Hungarian National Museum)
* Magyar Tudományos Akadémia (Hungarian Academy of Sciences)
* Néprajzi Mùzeum (Museum of Ethnography)
* Nyugati Pályaudvar (Western Railway Station)
* Népstadion (People's Stadium)
* PostaMùzeum (Postal Museum)
* Rákóczi Út (Rákóczi Way)
* Szabadság Tér (Liberty Square)
* Városliget (City Park)
* Vásárcsarnok (Central Market Hall)
* Vörösmarty Tér (Square) and Váci Utca (Street)
* Zeneakadémia (Academy of Music)
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At the top of Andrássy ùt, where it meets City Park, is Heroes' Square. The square forms a splendid unity of two architecturally diverse buildings - the Art Gallery and the Museum of Fine Arts - and a monument. The central feature of Heroes' Square is the Millennium Monument, a 36m-high column, on top of which stands Gabriel, the Guardian Angel. The colonnades on either side display statues of Hungarian kings and leading figures of the Hungarian independence wars. On the left wing are the allegoric bronze statues of War, Peace and Knowledge; on the right, statues representing War, Peace and Glory.
In the middle of the square, behind the column of Gabriel, is the picturesque group of statues of the conquering Magyars, with Árpád, the leading reigning prince, in the middle. The statue complex commemorates the 1,000th year of the Hungarian state. Dedicated to Hungary's heroes, its architectural design is particularly fitting, and leaves you with a deep sense of Hungarians' pride in their past.
Next to Heroes' Square is Procession Square, where processions and parades are held on public holidays. This was the site of a monolithic statue of Stalin which was torn down by Hungarian nationalists during the 1956 Uprising. Also here is the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, where Soviet veterans still come to pay their respects.
Address: Budapest XIV
Open: Open access
Restaurant: Lukács (Inexpensive)
Bus: Bus: 20, 30; red 4; trolley: 75, 79
Metro: Hősök tere
Admission: Free
Other: City Park, Museum of Fine Arts, Art Gallery
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