The Parliament building and its neighbourhood
This district, built at the end of the nineteenth century
on the site of timber-depots, mills and barracks, is a
few minutes' walk from the Chain Bridge (along the
Danube embankment), from the Inner City (through
the streets leading northwards), or from
Margaret Bridge. The most beautiful eclectic and pseudo-hislorical
public buildings were erected in this district. The
high dome of the Parliament building guides pedestrians
and motorists alike. Among city transport services
there are tramways, trolleybuses and the Metro
station at Kossuth Lajos tér, the 6,500 sq.m. (about
7,800 sq.yds.) square in front of the Parliament building.