The Budapest State Opera and St. Stephen's Cathedral
While along Andrassy Avenue, we passed by the State Opera. It was a beautiful building indeed.
The State Opera
In front of the State Opera
Right behind me on the right was an old gypsy woman panhandling. Right before our trip to Hungary, many reviews I read on the internet warned about gypsies all over the city of Budapest hassling tourists and visitors. Luckily, nothing of the sort happened to us.
A fuller view of the State Opera of Budapest
Not far away from the State Opera was another main attraction in Budapest, St. Stephen's Cathedral. Mind you, all these principal sights were as far as I could recall along Andrassy Avenue.
A view of St. Stephen's Cathedral dome from Andrassy Avenue
There were many people on the cathedral grounds at the time of our visit. While many cathedrals and churches in Europe are generally open to the public, in St. Stephen's visitors had to pay 2 euros to enter. While the fee in itself is not much, this same fee detered many families from entering the cathedral and going inside.
A rear view of St. Stephen's Cathedral
The cathedral ceiling
An image of St. Stephen on one of the stained glass windows of the cathedral
Taken in the rear of the cathedral viewing St. Stephen's mummified hand
The case where St. Stephen's mummified hand is kept
St. Stephen's mummified hand. To be honest, I find it hard to see on this picture.
St. Stephen's Cathedral in all its splendor