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Basilica Of St Stephen
Budapest's cathedral was built over the course of half a century and completed in 1905. Much of the interruption had to do with the fiasco in 1868 when the dome collapsed during a storm, and the structure had to be demolished and rebuilt from the ground up. The basilica is rather dark and gloomy inside, but take a trip to the top of the dome, which can be reached by lift and 146 steps and offers one of the best views in the city.
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Cave Chapel
This chapel on a small hill north of the Gellért Hotel was built into a cave in 1926. It was the seat of the Pauline order until 1951, when the priests were arrested and imprisoned by the communists and the cave was sealed off. It was reopened and reconsecrated in 1992. Behind the chapel is the monastery, with its neo-Gothic turrets visible from Liberty Bridge.
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Great Synagogue
The Great Synagogue is the largest Jewish house of worship in the world outside New York City and can seat 3000 of the faithful. Built in 1859, it contains both Romantic-style and Moorish architectural elements. Concerts are held here in summer.
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Inner Town Parish Church
On the eastern side of Március 15 tér, sitting uncomfortably close to the Elizabeth Bridge flyover, is where a Romanesque church was first built in the 12th century within a Roman fortress. You can still see a few bits of the fort, Contra Aquincum, in the small park to the north. The present church was rebuilt in the 14th and 18th centuries, and you can spot Gothic, Renaissance, baroque and even Turkish elements both inside and out.
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Matthias Church
Parts of Castle Hill's landmark church date back some 500 years, notably the carvings above the southern entrance. But basically the church (so named because King Matthias Corvinus married Beatrice here in 1474) is a neo-Gothic creation designed by the architect Frigyes Schulek in 1896.
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Medieval Jewish Prayer House
With parts dating from the 14th century, this medieval Jewish house of worship contains documents and items linked to the Jewish community of Buda, as well as Gothic stone carvings and tombstones from the Great Synagogue (p17) in Pest.
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Újlak Synagogue
A short distance north of the Lukács Bath and tucked away in an apartment block is the Újlak Synagogue, built in 1888 and the only functioning synagogue left on the Buda side.
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