Andrássy Avenue

Infobox World Heritage Site
WHS = Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue


State Party = HUN
Type = Cultural
Criteria = ii, iv
ID = 400
Region = Europe and North America
Year = 1987
Session = 11th
Extension = 2002
Link = http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/400

Andrássy Avenue ( _hu. Andrássy út, literally "Andrássy Road") is an iconic street in Budapest, Hungary, linking Erzsébet tér ("Elizabeth Square") with Városliget (the "City Park"). Flanked by Eclectic Neo-renaissance palaces and houses featuring fine facades, staircases and interiors, it was recognised as a World Heritage Site in 2002 (along with the Millennium Underground Railway, Hősök tere and Városliget). [ [http://whc.unesco.org/en/news/156 UNESCO] ]

History

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The construction of the first underground in Continental Europe was proposed in 1870, since the capital had always been opposed to surface transport on this road. Construction began in 1894 and was finished in 1896, so this new metro line could facilitate the transport to Városliget, the main venue of the millennium celebrations of Hungary.

Main parts

Andrássy út consists of four main parts, from inside to outside as follows:
# From Erzsébet tér to Oktogon: an urban-like part mostly for commercial purposes.
# From Oktogon to Kodály körönd: widened with an allée, including residential areas and universities.
# From Kodály körönd to Bajza utca: it is even more widened, and residential palaces are fronted by small parks.
# From Bajza utca to Városliget: the same width; villas encompassed by gardens, including a couple of embassies.

Notable spots

* Post Office Museum
* Hungarian State Opera House
* Drechsler House
* The Pest Broadway: a junction with four exquisite theatres at its four corners
* Franz Liszt square: a square with the Academy of Music and a multitude of cafés
* Jókai tér
* Oktogon: junction with Grand Boulevard
* House of Terror ("Terror Háza"): commemorating the two main oppressing regimes in Hungary, Fascism and Communism, and their victims ( [http://www.terrorhaza.hu/index3.html website] , ÁVH)
* Franz Liszt Memorial House and the old Academy of Music
* Zoltán Kodály Memorial House
* Puppet Theatre
* Old Palace of Art
* College of Fine Arts
* Ferenc Hopp East-Asian Art Museum
* Heroes' Square ("Hősök tere"): the entrance of Városliget (City Park), with the Millennium Monument, the Palace of Art (Budapest), the Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest)

External links

* [http://www.budapestinfo.hu/en/things_to_see/architectural_variety_es_thematical_sightseeing_tours/walk_the_cultural_avenue Budapest Tourism Office on Andrássy Avenue]
* [http://www.iit.bme.hu/hungary/budapest/bptour/bpand03.htm Andrássy út – another description]
* [http://www.earth-photography.com/Countries/Hungary/Hungary_Budapest_Lights.html Photo]

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