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Andrássy  Avenue, Budapest

Andrássy  Avenue, Budapest

We walked down Andrássy Avenue, a boulevard dating back to 1872. It is lined with expensive stores and old mansions, many of which are now embassies. Andrássy Avenue is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. The first two pictures below show statues that have graced these buildings for many years and now welcome shoppers. The first statue is outside Gucci’s and the second is outside a luxury watch shop. Next is the Hungarian State Opera House. It opened in 1884 and…

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Shoes on the Danube Promenade and the Hungarian Parliament

Shoes on the Danube Promenade and the Hungarian Parliament

It probably seems that the Shoes on the Danube Promenade and the Hungarian Parliament are two very dissimilar topics to include in the same post. I did so because the memorial is just south and across the street from the Parliament building. It would be easy to see them both on the same morning or afternoon. The Shoes on the Danube Promenade is a tribute to the 20,000 Jewish people who died here at the hands of the Arrow Cross,…

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