IMG_1409 - Buda Castle and the busy Pest tour boat docks
IMG_1423 - Back by the synagogue. It was bombed but survived, as it was used by the Nazis as a German radio station.
IMG_1426 - This was the Jewish Ghetto enforced by the Nazis from Nov. 29, 1944. It was liberated on Mar. 19, 1945 by the Soviets.
IMG_1429 - The back of St Stephen’s Basilica. It was completed in 1905. This St Stephen was the first King of Hungary (975-1038).
IMG_1433 - St Stephen's. It and the parliament are both the maximum allowed height of the time, symbolizing equality of worldly and spiritual thinking.
IMG_1435 - King Saint Stephen of Hungary (Szent István), with his king's sceptre and religious orb
IMG_1439 - The image of King Saint Stephen of Hungary (Szent István) offering his country to the Virgin Mary
IMG_1440 - In the case below the previous painting is, supposedly, St Stephen's 1000-year-old right hand, the "Holy Right".
IMG_1442 - The main altar with its statue of St. Stephen. The decor includes 50 kinds of marble.
IMG_1445 - The pipe organ in St. Stephen's Basilica. One quote says it has 6,500 pipes, from 1 cm to 10 m long.
IMG_1450 - The basilica was originally to be named for St Leopold, the patron saint of Austria, but was changed at the last minute.
IMG_1456 - The mix of architectural styles in downtown Pest