Budapest and Szentendre
Budapest. The capital of Hungary. A city of wide boulevards and narrow diagonal streets. It consists of Buda and Pest, which are connected by some beautiful bridges. There are nine of them and the Chain Bridge is certainly the most astonishing.
The first site we visited was Heroes’ Square, with the Millenium Memorial in its central part and statues complex featuring the seven chieftains of Hungarian tribes and other important figures of the history of Hungary. After visiting the Buda Castle, a royal complex of Hungarian kings, we visited the Fisherman’s Bastion, a wonderful building with seven white towers, symbols of the seven Hungarian tribes that founded the Hungarian state. From this bastion visitors have a view of the Danube, the city and the magnificient Parliament building, which is one of the most impressive buildings in Europe.
We also visited Szentendre, a small town not far away from Budapest, which used to be known as the “Lighthouse of Serbian nationality”.. This place spreads the spirit of Serbian history, and we learned a lot about life of our people on the territory of Hungary. Thousands of Serbs used to live there, while today there are only about fifty of them. The only Serbian church which is still in use is the Belgrade Church, while others are in a very bad state. Narrow cobbled streets, squares decorated with flowers and numerous small craftsman stores and gift shops made us feel as if we returned to the past, to some more beatiful times.
Aleksandar Ljubić 4/2-2
Nataša Stojadinović 4/2-2