The corner of Karoly korut (Karoly boulevard) and Dohany utca (Dohany street) where our school is located

 

 

The Parliament Building - 10 minutes from our Language School

 

The Danube bank (Dunapart) - 5 minutes from our Language School

 

Chain bridge (Lánchíd) with the Academy of Sciences (MTA) - 10 minutes from our School

 

 

Urania Movie Theatre - 3 minutes from our Language School

 

Rokus Chapel with Rokus Hospital and Blaha Lujza suare in the background  5 minutes from our Language School

Vasarcsarnok - Market place  - 5 minutes from Babilon Language School

 

Szabadság-híd - near the Market Place (Vásárcsarnok)

Castle Garden (Varkert)  and Buda Castle (Budai Var) on th other side of the Danube 15 minutes from our Language School

The Buda Castle (Hungarian: Budai Vár) is the historical royal castle of the Hungarian kings in Budapest, Hungary.

The Castle of Buda was built on the southern tip of Castle Hill, next to the old Castle District (Hun: Várnegyed), which is famous about its medieval, Baroque and 19th century houses and public buildings. Buda Castle is part of the Budapest World Heritage Site, declared in 1987.

 

The Great Synagugue  - opposite our Language School

The Great Synagogue in Dohány Street, also known as the Dohány Synagogue, or the Tabac-Schul, the Yiddish translation of dohány (tobacco), after the Hungarian name of the street, is located in Belváros, the inner city of Pest. It was built between 1854-1859  according to the plans of the Viennese architect Ludwig Foerster.

It is a monumental, magnificent synagogue, with a capacity of 2,964 seats.  The design of the Dohány Street synagogue, while basically in a Moorish style, also features a mixture of Byzantine, Romantic, and Gothic elements.

The western facade boasts arched windows with stone-carved decorations and brickwork in the heraldic colors of the Budapest: blue, yellow and red. The western main entrance has a stained glass rose window above it. The gateway is flanked on both sides by two polygonal towers with long arched windows and crowned by copper domes with golden ornaments. The towers rise to a height of 43.6 meters each, their decoration features stone carvings of geometric forms and clocks with a diameter of 1.34 meters each. The facade is topped by the Tables of Covenant.

The synagogue's interior, designed by F. Feszl, has wall surfaces adorned with colored and golden geometric shapes.
The 5,000 tube synagogue organ was built in 1859; Franz Liszt and C. Saint-Saens are probably the most famous musicians that played on this remarkable instrument.

Today the Great Synagogue in Dohány Street, for a long time one of the most renowned landmarks of Budapest, is serving as the main synagogue of the local Jewish community as well as a major tourist attraction.

 

Nemzeti Színház - National Theatre - 30 minutes from our school

Another picture of the National Theater Building