Franz Liszt (Hungarian: Ferencz Liszt, in modern use Ferenc Liszt, from 1859 to 1867 officially Franz Ritter von Liszt) (October 22, 1811 – July 31, 1886) was a 19th century…
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Gresham Palace or Gresham-palota, located in Budapest, Hungary, is an example of Art Nouveau architecture in Central Europe. Built in the early 1900s, it is now owned by an Irish…
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The Danube Promenade is located on the Pest side of Budapest, Hungary. On the bank of the Danube, this promenade extends from the Széchenyi Chain Bridge to the Erzsébet Bridge.…
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The Hungarian Revolution of 1848 was one of many revolutions that year and closely linked to other revolutions of 1848 in the Habsburg areas. The revolution in the Kingdom of…
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St. Stephen’s Basilica (Hungarian: Szent István-bazilika) is an ecclesiastic basilica in Budapest, Hungary. It is named in honour of Stephen, the first King of Hungary (c 975–1038), whose mummified fist…
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The history of Herend porcelain goes back over two hundred years, and over that time the factory has produced some 12,000 different types of handmade objects and ornaments.
The Herend…
Hungarian wine has a history dating back to at least Roman times. The best-known wines are the white dessert wine Tokay (Tokaji) and Bull’s Blood (Egri Bikavér), a full-bodied red…
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Out of the 11 UNESCO World Heritage site in Hungary, 4 of them are in Budapest itself.
The Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter, the Andrássy Avenue and the…
Out of the 11 UNESCO World Heritage site in Hungary, 4 of them are in Budapest itself.
The Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter, the Andrássy Avenue and the…
Buda Castle is the historical castle complex of the Hungarian kings in Budapest, first completed in 1265. The Buda Castle is part of the Budapest World Heritage Site, declared in…
Read the full articleEsztergom was the capital of Hungary from the 10th till the mid-13th century when King Béla IV of Hungary moved the royal seat to Buda.
Esztergom is a city in…
While in the earliest times Hungarian language was written in a runic-like script (although it was not used for literature purposes in the modern interpretation). The country switched to the…
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Hungarian Forint Exchange Rate