The most beautiful religious buildings Budapest

The exterior of this beautiful church is reminiscent of the golden age of Budapest in the ^19th century, but its history goes back much further. Built in the Middle Ages, originally in Romanesque style, remodeled in Gothic style, the church becomes in the ^14th century a basilica with three naves. It was in the church of Our Lady of the Assumption in Budavár that Matthias ^I Corvin and Beatrice of Aragon were married in 1476. It was this same king who ordered the construction of the present Matthias Tower. In 1526, the Ottomans took Buda, the church is in flames, its treasure is evacuated by boat to Pozsony (Bratislava, Slovakia). Then the Ottomans transformed the church into a mosque and walled up a statue of the Virgin. When the troops of Eugene of Savoy retake Buda, the cannon blows end up blowing up the wall that hid the statue of the Virgin: an event that Hungarians call "the miracle of Buda". Legend has it that the Ottomans were so demoralized that they gave in. Ruined, the church was then entrusted to the Jesuits, who undertook its partial reconstruction. In 1867, the coronation of Franz Josef and Sissi took place in the Mátyás Church. For the occasion, Sissi herself mended the royal cloak of the first Christian king István. The building was almost completely rebuilt between 1873 and 1896 in the neo-Gothic style by Frigyes Schulek. The interior frescoes are by Bertalan Székely and Károly Lotz.

The turbeh of Baba Gül (16th century) is one of the few remaining traces of the Ottoman occupation of Buda. The funeral monument is a high place of pilgrimage for Muslims, who consider the dervish a true saint. The turbeh itself is a small building crowned with the Muslim crescent. The monument is impeccably maintained and even has a cultural center and a small museum that tells the story of the Ottoman period. Majestic Danubian view from the garden.

In 1760, the first synagogue was built in Buda, although the community's presence dates back at least to the 14th century. Five years later, the Zichy family gave the Jewish community a plot of land on which the new synagogue was built. It was not until 1820 that the building was rebuilt in a classic style. After having once housed television studios, since 2010 and after renovation, the building has once again become a place of Jewish worship.

One must enter Rumbach Street to admire this so-called " status quo" synagogue (meaning neither Reform nor Conservative, in reference to a schism in the Jewish community at the end of the 19th century). Hidden between two buildings, its Moorish style (1872) is reminiscent of the Great Synagogue. Its remarkable interior has just been restored to its original condition after years of closure. The synagogue houses an exciting little museum floor.

In the middle of a garden, the yellow facade of this charming church evokes the Baroque style. The building as it stands today was built by Serbian immigrants at the end of the 18th century. Inside, the structure obeys the ordinance of the Greek Orthodox churches, a pity that it is rarely accessed... At the corner of Szerb Street and Veres Pálné utca, we notice a very pretty ceramic medallion representing Saint George, to whom the church is dedicated.