Hungarian famous places
Martes, 12 Mayo 2009
Budapest is the capital city of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it serves as the country’s principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation center and is considered an important hub in Central Europe. Budapest became a single city occupying both banks of the river Danube with the unification on 17 November 1873, of right-bank (west) Buda and Óbuda (Old Buda) together with Pest on the left (east) bank.
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Debrecen is home to a large university, University of Debrecen, whose main building is a widely recognized work of architecture. The university has many departments and is a major research facility in Europe.
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Pécs is the fifth largest city of Hungary, located in the south-west of the country, close to its border with Croatia. Pécs is also the seat of Roman Catholic Diocese of Pécs.

Győr is the most important city of northwest Hungary, the capital of Győr-Moson-Sopron county and lies on one of the important roads of Central Europe, halfway between Budapest and Vienna. The city is the sixth largest in Hungary and one of the seven main regional centers of the country.

Every spring, the town hosts the annual Busójárás carnival.
The Busójárás (Hungarian, meaning “Busó-walking”) is an annual celebration of the Šokci (Croatians) living in the town of Mohács, Hungary, held at the end of the Carnival season (”Farsang”), ending the day before Ash Wednesday.
The celebration features Busós includes folk music, masquerading, parades and dancing.The celebration features Busós Busójárás lasts six days, usually during February.
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Balaton, located in Hungary, is the largest lake in Central Europe, and one of the foremost regional tourist destinations. Due to Hungary being landlocked, it is often affectionately called the “Hungarian Sea”.