Budapest In Two Days №03

The Great Synagogue



At the beginning of the Dohány utca you can see The Great Synagogue, also known as Dohány Street Synagogue. It is the largest synagogue in Eurasia and the second largest in the world, after the Temple Emanu-El in New York City. It seats 3,000 people and is a centre of Neolog Judaism. The synagogue is 75m long and 27m wide, and was built between 1854 and 1859 in the Moorish Revival style, with the decoration based chiefly on Islamic models from North Africa and medieval Spain (the Alhambra). The synagogue's Viennese architect, Christian Friedrich Ludwig Förster, believed that no distinctively Jewish architecture could be identified, and thus chose "architectural forms that have been used by oriental ethnic groups that are related to the Israelite people, and in particular the Arabs." Theodore Herzl's house of birth was next to the Dohány street Synagogue. In the place of his house stands the Jewish Museum.

Budapest In Two Days №03

The Great Synagogue



At the beginning of the Dohány utca you can see The Great Synagogue, also known as Dohány Street Synagogue. It is the largest synagogue in Eurasia and the second largest in the world, after the Temple Emanu-El in New York City. It seats 3,000 people and is a centre of Neolog Judaism. The synagogue is 75m long and 27m wide, and was built between 1854 and 1859 in the Moorish Revival style, with the decoration based chiefly on Islamic models from North Africa and medieval Spain (the Alhambra). The synagogue's Viennese architect, Christian Friedrich Ludwig Förster, believed that no distinctively Jewish architecture could be identified, and thus chose "architectural forms that have been used by oriental ethnic groups that are related to the Israelite people, and in particular the Arabs." Theodore Herzl's house of birth was next to the Dohány street Synagogue. In the place of his house stands the Jewish Museum.

Budapest In Two Days №04

The Underground Railway Museum



At Deak ter. you may stop in at the Underground Railway Museum and learn a little about the history of the continent's oldest metro line. The Underground Railway Museum, opened in 1975, commemorates the first underground railway of the European continent. The Millennium Underground Railway was the first underground railway in continental Europe (1896), and today it is part of the World Heritage. In that year, the country celebrated the millennium of the Settlement of the Magyars with festivals and exhibitions. The construction works began in August 1894, and the official inauguration was on 2 May 1896. It was also then unique in the whole world that the railway operated using electricity instead of steam engines. Franz Joseph emperor and king, the ruler of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, visited the underground railway on 8 May 1896, and after that the railway was named after him. In 1996, for its centenary the whole underground section of the line and the museum, as well were refurbished.

Budapest In Two Days №04

The Underground Railway Museum



At Deak ter. you may stop in at the Underground Railway Museum and learn a little about the history of the continent's oldest metro line. The Underground Railway Museum, opened in 1975, commemorates the first underground railway of the European continent. The Millennium Underground Railway was the first underground railway in continental Europe (1896), and today it is part of the World Heritage. In that year, the country celebrated the millennium of the Settlement of the Magyars with festivals and exhibitions. The construction works began in August 1894, and the official inauguration was on 2 May 1896. It was also then unique in the whole world that the railway operated using electricity instead of steam engines. Franz Joseph emperor and king, the ruler of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy, visited the underground railway on 8 May 1896, and after that the railway was named after him. In 1996, for its centenary the whole underground section of the line and the museum, as well were refurbished.