Step Into History
Walk Budapest in 1896
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Step Into History · City walk
Millennium Budapest, 1896
Budapest in 1896 is at the peak of its fin-de-siècle transformation: the millennium celebrations have driven a string of grand public works, the new Heroes' Square and Vajdahunyad Castle anchor a reimagined park, and the continent's first underground railway opens beneath Andrássy Avenue. This walk follows the river and the new boulevards, from the Buda hills across the Chain Bridge into Pest's glittering cafés, busy shopping streets and the Parliament's rising dome.
38 scenes — 24 streets, squares and views, 14 interiors to step inside. Planned from the Wikipedia record of Budapest as it stood in 1896 (“History of Budapest”).
The route, scene by scene
- 1. Gellért Hill View
- 2. Citadella Esplanade
- 3. Buda Castle Forecourt
- ↳ Royal Audience Chamber · interior
- 4. Fisherman's Bastion
- 5. Matthias Church Forecourt
- ↳ Matthias Church Nave · interior
- 6. Clark Ádám tér
- 7. Chain Bridge Mid-span
- 8. Vigadó / Dunakorzó
- ↳ Vigadó Concert Auditorium · interior
- 9. Parliament Riverside
- ↳ Dome Hall of Representatives · interior
- 10. Kossuth Lajos tér
- ↳ Gilded Ceremonial Stair · interior
- 11. Dohány Street Synagogue
- ↳ Great Synagogue Prayer Hall · interior
- 12. Váci utca
- ↳ Gerbeaud Confectionery Salon · interior
- 13. Szabadság tér
- 14. Deák Ferenc tér
- ↳ Central Coffee House Salon · interior
- 15. Oktogon
- ↳ Oktogon Tile Ticket Hall · interior
- 16. State Opera House
- ↳ Opera House Auditorium · interior
- 17. Körönd (Kodály Körönd)
- 18. Andrássy Avenue
- 19. Hősök tere
- ↳ Museum Grand Exhibition Hall · interior
- 20. Vajdahunyad Castle
- ↳ Vajdahunyad Great Hall · interior
- 21. Városliget Lakeside
- 22. New York Palace Exterior
- ↳ Marble Spiral Staircase · interior
- 23. Nyugati Station
- ↳ Nyugati Train Shed Concourse · interior
- 24. Margaret Bridge View