This is a treasure trove of icons, vestments and other sacred objects in precious metals. A 14th-century glass painting of the crucifixion is the oldest item on display; a 鈥榗otton icon鈥 of the life of Christ from the 18th century is unusual. Look at the defaced portrait of Christ on the wall upstairs 鈥 the story goes that a drunken kuruc (anti-Habsburg) mercenary slashed it and, when told the next morning what he had done, drowned himself in the Danube.
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Castle Hill is a kilometre-long limestone plateau towering 170m above the Danube. It contains some of Budapest鈥檚 most important medieval monuments and鈥
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The largest church in Hungary sits on Castle Hill, and its 72m-high central dome can be seen for many kilometres around. The building of the present鈥
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Budapest's stunning Great Synagogue is the world's largest Jewish house of worship outside New York City. Built in 1859, the synagogue has both Romantic鈥
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Home to more than 40 statues, busts and plaques of Lenin, Marx, B茅la Kun and others whose likenesses have ended up on trash heaps elsewhere, Memento Park,鈥
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Budapest鈥檚 neoclassical cathedral is the most sacred Catholic church in all of Hungary and contains its most revered relic: the mummified right hand of鈥
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The headquarters of the dreaded 脕VH secret police houses the disturbing House of Terror, focusing on the crimes and atrocities of Hungary's fascist and鈥
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The Eclectic-style Parliament, designed by Imre Steindl and completed in 1902, has 691 sumptuously decorated rooms. You鈥檒l get to see several of these and鈥
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The Hungarian National Museum houses the nation鈥檚 most important collection of historical relics in an impressive neoclassical building, purpose built in鈥
Nearby Szentendre attractions
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Just north of Castle Hill is the red tower of Belgrade Cathedral, completed in 1764 and seat of the Serbian Orthodox bishop in Hungary, when Hungary had a鈥
2. Szanto Memorial Home & Synagogue
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The relics inside Europe's tiniest synagogue are a loving tribute to Szentendre's 250-strong Jewish community, devastated by the Holocaust.
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The Cz贸bel Museum contains the works of the impressionist B茅la Cz贸bel (1883鈥1976), a friend of Pablo Picasso and student of Henri Matisse.
4. Church of St John the Baptist
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This baroque church at Castle Hill is all that's left of the site of a fortress built in the Middle Ages. Note the frescoes painted by members of the鈥
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Castle Hill, reached via V谩ralja l茅pcs艖, the narrow steps between F玫 t茅r 8 and 9, was the site of a fortress in the Middle Ages. From here you get鈥
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The National Wine Museum, in the cellar beneath Labirintus restaurant, traces the development of winemaking in Hungary and offers wine tastings of between鈥
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The excellent 脕mos-Anna Museum displays the surrealist and expressionist paintings of husband-and-wife team Margit Anna and Imre 脕mos. Imre 脕mos' dark鈥
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The highlight of F艖 t茅r is the Blagove拧tenska Church, built in 1752. The church, with fine baroque and rococo elements, hardly looks 鈥楨astern鈥 from the鈥