A favorite of Empress Maria Theresia is well known to local students. The statue, designed by György Vastagh Jr. was presented to the public in 1937. The general is on horseback; take a close look at the horse's testicles. They are shiny yellow, unlike the patina on the rest of the statue. Engineering students have for years polished the horse testicles on the morning of difficult exams, supposedly for luck.
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Régi budai városháza
One-storey Baroque style building. For more than 160 years it was the administrative center of Buda, and for another 70 years it was the administrative center of the 1st district. Construction began in 1702 under the leadership of Italian master Venerio Ceresola. A few decades later the building was enlarged: the ornate Rococo staircase and the first part of the west wing of Úri Street was built between 1770 and 1774 according to the plans of Máté Nöpauer. On the two corners of the simple-lined, uniform-style building, there is a protruding enclosed balcony supported by ornately carved stone consoles, and a small bell and clock tower at the top of the east wing. The building has two inner courtyards. Remains of medieval booths can be seen in the doorway, from here a staircase lined with a carved stone railing leads upstairs. The ceiling of one of the central rooms on the first floor is covered with rich stucco decoration in several forms. On the corner overlooking the Trinity Square, stands a statue of Pallas Athena in the recess cut into the wall. Her shield is decorated with the coat of arms of the city of Buda.
Arany Sas Patikamúzeum
It was the first pharmacy in Buda after the expulsion of the Turks. It was opened in its present location in 1922. It is a museum since 1974 with a permanent exhibition entitled “Pharmacy in the Renaissance and Baroque Ages”.
Szentháromság-szobor
It's a tall Baroque column decorated with many statues, erected by thankful survivors. Made by Fülöp Ungleich and Antal Hörger in 1712–1713. On the pedestal of the statue are lined three reliefs: The Prayer of David, The Plague, The Construction of the Votive Memorial. Among the reliefs are three cartridges, the coats of arms of Hungary and Buda. The Austrian imperial coat of arms in the third cartridge was destroyed. Around the body of the monument are three groups of six angels and nine holy statues: the Virgin Mary, St. Sebastian, St. Roch, St. Francis Xavier, St. Joseph, St. Augustine of Hippo, St. John the Baptist, St. John of Nepomuk, St. Christopher.
Sziklakórház Atombunker Múzeum
It's a hospital created in the caverns under Buda Castle in the 1930s, in preparation for the World War II. Dr. Károly Szendy, the mayor of the Hungarian capital, ordered the construction of an emergency hospital and reinforced bomb shelter under Buda Castle. Construction began in 1939 and the emergency surgical centre was completed in 1944. Its primary role was to provide general emergency care for injured civilians, later on they treated soldiers as well. The hospital was staffed by approximately 40 doctors, nurses, and assistants together. The hospital tunnel system was connected to an existing tunnel network by manual labor. In recent times, the hospital has been made into a museum, complete with waxwork recreations of hospital treatments and day-to-day scenarios during the siege. Access to the museum is limited to guided tours. Old equipment that was left over from its operational days is available for sale, including stretchers, gas masks and civil protection uniforms.
Volt Pénzügyminisztérium
It was built in 1904 according to the plans of Sándor Fellner in neo-Gothic style.
Labirintus
Underground exhibitions: The Hall of Statues of Hungarian Kings, Medieval Stonework, Waxworks of the Opera, Medieval Stone Monuments, Cave Exhibition, Maze of Darkness. It's 1000 m long, and can be explored in about half an hour.