7 result(s) for magyars in Getting around
Xploring Budapest: Heroes' Square
- 19 Mar 2024 1:49 PM
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Heroes' Square is one of the major squares in Budapest, Hungary, noted for its iconic Millennium Monument with statues featuring the Seven chieftains of the Magyars and other important Hungarian national leaders, as well as the Memorial Stone of Heroes, often erroneously referred as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Insider’s Guide: Top 7 Statues in Budapest with Fascinating Backstories
- 11 Jul 2023 7:29 AM
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Poets, composers and statesmen proudly stand around Budapest, their likenesses centrepiecing the city’s main squares and boulevards. But what about the more unusual figures, the statues and installations whose stories have you wondering how and why they got there?
Insider’s Guide: Garden of Philosophers in Budapest – Go for a Wander & Ponder
- 13 Jun 2023 6:50 AM
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Gellért Hill is best known for the hotel of the same name at the bottom, and the Statue of Lady Liberty at the top. Halfway up, however, is a lesser-known sight whose inspiration is nothing less than the common understanding of all world religions.
Xploring Hungary Video: Treasures Of Őrség - ‘Guardsmen’s Land’
- 11 Mar 2021 2:19 PM
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‘Õrség’area (Guardsmen’s Land), the former frontier is the only region in Hungary today which has been continuously inhabited by the same people since the time of ‘Honfoglalás’ (Conquest of the fatherland), time of the occupation of the Carpathian Basin by the Magyars in the 9th century.
Xploring Hungary Video: Ópusztaszer's Exceptional National Heritage Park
- 9 Jul 2020 10:08 PM
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This former puszta settlement is best known today for a huge memorial exhibition on local history. The National Heritage Park here was established in 1982, and is an exceptional open-air museum about all things Hungarian.
Uniquely Hungary: Csepel Island
- 27 Jan 2019 7:59 AM
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By Anne Zwack: There are people who have been living all their lives in Budapest who have never even been to the Csepel Island. The reasons for this are obscure as the centre of Csepel is ten minutes drive from the Palace of Arts. The island was the first stopping place for the invading Magyars and is called Csepel after Arpad’s groom.
Treasures Of Guardsmen’s Land In Hungary
- 12 Jun 2017 8:56 AM
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‘Õrség’area (Guardsmen’s Land), the former frontier – border guard area of the country- is today the only region in Hungary which has been continuously inhabited by the same people since the time of ‘ Honfoglalás’ (Conquest of the fatherland), time of the occupationof the Carpathian Basin by the Magyars in the 9th century. The vast, once nearlyuninhabited woodland was peopled by border guards.
Xploring Budapest: Heroes' Square
- 19 Mar 2024 1:49 PM
- getting around
Heroes' Square is one of the major squares in Budapest, Hungary, noted for its iconic Millennium Monument with statues featuring the Seven chieftains of the Magyars and other important Hungarian national leaders, as well as the Memorial Stone of Heroes, often erroneously referred as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
Insider’s Guide: Top 7 Statues in Budapest with Fascinating Backstories
- 11 Jul 2023 7:29 AM
- getting around
Poets, composers and statesmen proudly stand around Budapest, their likenesses centrepiecing the city’s main squares and boulevards. But what about the more unusual figures, the statues and installations whose stories have you wondering how and why they got there?
Insider’s Guide: Garden of Philosophers in Budapest – Go for a Wander & Ponder
- 13 Jun 2023 6:50 AM
- getting around
Gellért Hill is best known for the hotel of the same name at the bottom, and the Statue of Lady Liberty at the top. Halfway up, however, is a lesser-known sight whose inspiration is nothing less than the common understanding of all world religions.
Xploring Hungary Video: Treasures Of Őrség - ‘Guardsmen’s Land’
- 11 Mar 2021 2:19 PM
- getting around
‘Õrség’area (Guardsmen’s Land), the former frontier is the only region in Hungary today which has been continuously inhabited by the same people since the time of ‘Honfoglalás’ (Conquest of the fatherland), time of the occupation of the Carpathian Basin by the Magyars in the 9th century.
Xploring Hungary Video: Ópusztaszer's Exceptional National Heritage Park
- 9 Jul 2020 10:08 PM
- getting around
This former puszta settlement is best known today for a huge memorial exhibition on local history. The National Heritage Park here was established in 1982, and is an exceptional open-air museum about all things Hungarian.
Uniquely Hungary: Csepel Island
- 27 Jan 2019 7:59 AM
- getting around
By Anne Zwack: There are people who have been living all their lives in Budapest who have never even been to the Csepel Island. The reasons for this are obscure as the centre of Csepel is ten minutes drive from the Palace of Arts. The island was the first stopping place for the invading Magyars and is called Csepel after Arpad’s groom.
Treasures Of Guardsmen’s Land In Hungary
- 12 Jun 2017 8:56 AM
- getting around
‘Õrség’area (Guardsmen’s Land), the former frontier – border guard area of the country- is today the only region in Hungary which has been continuously inhabited by the same people since the time of ‘ Honfoglalás’ (Conquest of the fatherland), time of the occupationof the Carpathian Basin by the Magyars in the 9th century. The vast, once nearlyuninhabited woodland was peopled by border guards.