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A cultural guide to Budapest
Learn about distinctive features of Budapest, from St. Stephen's Basilica, Andrássy...
Learn briefly about Budapest's formation while taking in scenes of the Hungarian capital on the Danube River
A brief look at Budapest, Hungary.
Learn how Hungarian farmers harvest and grind Capsicum annuum peppers to produce paprika
Harvesting and grinding Capsicum annuum peppers to produce paprika in Hungary.
Hungary's historic removal of the iron border
East German visitors fleeing over the border of Hungary to Austria during the Pan-European...
Know about the Christian harvest festival celebration in Hungary and Germany
Learn about harvest festivals, including those in Hungary and Germany.
Images
Győr, on the Rába River
Győr, on the banks of the Rába River, in Hungary.
Gyorgy Lajos/Interfoto MTI
Tihany Abbey on the shore of Lake Balaton, Hungary
Tihany Abbey, a Benedictine monastery in the village of Tihany, on the north shore...
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Badacsony, Hungary: vineyard
Vineyards northwest of Lake Balaton, in Badacsony, Hungary.
© Travelpeter/Dreamstime.com
Great Reformed Church, Debrecen, Hungary
The 19th-century Református Nagytemplom (or Great Reformed Church) in Debrecen, Hungary.
Paul Almasy
Veszprém
Veszprém, Hungary, showing the fortress hill with the 11th-century cathedral of St....
ZEFA
Hungary: corn harvesting
Harvesting corn near Dunaújváros, central Hungary.
Milt and Joan Mann/CameraMann International
Parliament Building, Budapest
Parliament Building on the far side of the Danube River, Budapest.
© Jan Miracky/Dreamstime.com
St. Stephen's Day event
Folk dancers performing during a St. Stephen's Day event in Eger, Hungary.
© lithian/Shutterstock.com
clay model of a wheeled cart
Clay model of a wheeled cart, from a grave at Szigetszentmárton, Hungary, end of...
© Hungarian National Museum, Budapest; photograph, Kardos Judit
Arnulf
Arnulf, seal, 9th century; in the Bavarian National Museum, Munich.
Courtesy of the Bayerisches National Museum, Munich; photograph, Foto Marburg
Stephen I
A statue of Stephen I, the first king of Hungary, overlooking the city of Budapest.
© icenando/iStock.com
Manuel I Comnenus
Manuel I Comnenus, detail of a manuscript; in the Vatican Apostolic Library.
Courtesy of the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana
Christian Museum, Esztergom, Hungary
The Christian Museum, with the dome-topped great cathedral and the fortress of St....
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Rashīd al-Dīn: History of the World
Mongol warriors, miniature from Rashīd al-Dīn's History of the World, 1307;...
Courtesy of the Edinburgh University Library, Scotland
Eugenius IV crowning Sigismund
Eugenius IV crowning the emperor Sigismund, detail from a bronze relief by Filarete;...
Alinari/Art Resource, New York
János Hunyadi
János Hunyadi, engraving by André Thevet.
Courtesy of the trustees of the British Museum; photograph, J.R. Freeman & Co., Ltd.
Matthias I
Matthias I, detail from the gate tower of Ortenburg Castle, Bautzen, Germany, 1486.
Courtesy of the Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum, Budapest
Maximilian I
Maximilian I, charcoal drawing by Albrecht Dürer, 1518; in the Albertina, Vienna.
Courtesy of the Albertina, Vienna
István Werbőczi
István Werbőczi, portrait on a coin; in the Hungarian National Museum, Budapest.
Courtesy of the Hungarian National Museum, Budapest, Hungary
Süleyman I
Süleyman I (the Magnificent), detail of an engraving of a panel by Pieter Coecke...
Courtesy of the trustees of the British Museum
György Martinuzzi
György Martinuzzi, detail of a painting by an unknown artist; in the Historical Gallery...
Courtesy of the Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum, Budapest
Pompeo Girolamo Batoni: portrait of Joseph II
Joseph II, Holy Roman emperor, detail of a painting by Pompeo Girolamo Batoni, 1769;...
Courtesy of the Kunsthistorisches Museum, Vienna
Ferenc Deák
Ferenc Deák, detail of an oil painting by Bertalan Székely; in the Hungarian National...
Courtesy of the Hungarian National Museum, Budapest
Lajos Kossuth
Lajos Kossuth, lithograph, 1856.
Courtesy of the trustees of the British Museum; photograph, J.R. Freeman & Co. Ltd.
György Klapka
György Klapka, portrait on a coin; in the Hungarian National Museum, Budapest.
Courtesy of the Hungarian National Museum, Budapest
Franz Joseph
Franz Joseph, 1908.
Courtesy of the trustees of the British Museum; photograph, J.R. Freeman & Co. Ltd.
István, Count Tisza
István, Count Tisza, portrait by Gyula Benczúr; in the Hungarian National Museum,...
Interfoto MTI, Hungary
József Eötvös
József Eötvös, steel engraving by C. Mahlknecht after a drawing by Miklós Barabás,...
Courtesy of the Petőfi Irodalmi Múzeum, Budapest
map of Budapest c. 1900
Map of Budapest (c. 1900), from the 10th edition of the Encyclopædia Britannica.
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Austria-Hungary
Before the outbreak of World War I, Austria-Hungary was a vast and powerful empire....
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
World War I: Eastern Front
The Eastern Front, where troops from Germany, Austria-Hungary, Turkey, Russia, and...
Encyclopædia Britannica, Inc.
Béla Kun
Béla Kun, drawing by Béla Uitz, 1930; in the Legújabbkori Történeti Múzeum, Budapest.
Courtesy of the Legujabbkori Történeti Múzeum, Budapest
Theodore von Kármán
Theodore von Kármán.
Courtesy of the California Institute of Technology, Pasadena
concentration camp
A group of Hungarian Jews arriving at the Auschwitz-Birkenau camp in German-occupied...
Yad Vashem Photo Archives, courtesy of USHMM Photo Archives
Mátyás Rákosi
Mátyás Rákosi, detail of an oil painting by Joseph M. Csaki, 1951; in the Museum...
Courtesy of the Legujabbkori Történeti Múzeum, Budapest
Hungarian Revolution
A crowd gathering around a toppled statue in Budapest during the Hungarian Revolution,...
Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images
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