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星期六, 3月 30, 2013

Budapest Overview #25

A Wonderful Sunset over Buda Castle

Parliament n Chain Bridge

Buda Castle n Chain Bridge

A Beautiful Sunset Over Parliament n Chain Bridge

A Beautiful Sunset

Budapest Liberty Bridge #24

The Szabadsag hid (Liberty Bridge) connects Buda & Pest across the River Danube. It's the third southernmost public road bridge in Budapest.

A beautiful sunshine over the Liberty Bridge

越夜越看越美麗

Magical

星期日, 3月 24, 2013

地標Parliament國會：寬268公尺、高約96公尺，共花費17年時間的新哥德式雄偉建築，尢其尖塔的精細雕工與精美的玫瑰窗，更透露出莊嚴氣魄。
要進入國會參觀必須參加定時的導覽團，早上8時多便要排隊取籌買門票，必須先排隊依序入內購票，購完票後再出來排一次隊，等待警衙召喚入內。
More than a 100 years after it first opened, Hungary's Parliament building remains the city's primary source of civic pride.

The neo-Gothic building was designed by Hungarian architect Imre Steindl (a professor at Budapest Technical University, who won an open competition held to find an architect for the building. Inspired by London's Houses of Parliament), and built between 1885 and 1902. It consists of 691 rooms, 10 courtyards, and 29 staircases. 88 pounds of gold were used for the staircases and halls. It also has 24 towers with arches and high windows, 90 statues of historical figures of Hungary, and 242 allegorical statues.

This magnificent edifice is filled with paintings, frescoes and tapestries by renowned Hungarian artists. The interior can only be seen by joining one of the guided tours, which take place when Parliament is not in session.

Ronald Reagan carved statue背後的國會

The Hungarian Houses Parliament is the third largest parliament building in the world

Kossuth Memorial, Parliament：The original monument was inaugurated on November 6, 1927 to honour Lajos Kassuth, the Regent-President of Hungary, who led the 1848 revolution. Designed by Janos Horvay, the monument depicted members of the first Hungarian parliamentary government. It was dismantled in 1950, and replaced with a new statue of Kossuth, and six other figures.