Balkans 2019 - Wednesday, June 12 - Budapest, Hungary


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IMG_1300 - Flag of the Hungarian People's Republic, used in 1949-1956, bearing the Communist Rákosi coat of arms.
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IMG_1303 - The Tárnok café & bier on the left was a originally a bakery that sold through the small arched window.
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IMG_1305 - In 1730 in this house, an alchemist founded the first professional pharmacy in Budapest, the Golden Eagle.
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IMG_1307 - The Roman Catholic Matthias Church in Holy Trinity Square. The Holy Trinity monument is ahead to the left.
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IMG_1308 - The two main towers of the Fisherman's Bastion are connected by a corridor.
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IMG_1309 - The 1713 Holy Trinity Statue, in memory of the 1691-1709 plague and in hopes of earning protection from another
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IMG_1315 - Holy Trinity Square, with Matthias Church on the left and the Fisherman's Bastion ahead
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IMG_1316 - The main alter of Matthias Church on Holy Trinity Square of the Fisherman's Bastion
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IMG_1320 - This stained glass window dates from the major 19th century reconstruction and recovery.
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IMG_1321 - During the Ottoman occupation, because it faced east, the church escaped destruction and was used as a mosque.

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