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From the Great Market Hall to the Gellért Hotel and Baths, these architectural notables are must-sees while you’re in Hungary.

Great Market Hall

Close by the River Danube in Budapest is one of Europe's liveliest 19th-century market halls. Designed by a group of architects led by Samu Petz and completed in 1897, the Great Market Hall has a facade featuring patterned brickwork around a large main window and four smaller ones. At each end of the facade is a small tower.

Dohány Street Synagogue

In 1844 the Neolog Jewish community of Pest acquired a site at Dohány Street to build a new synagogue for its community of about 30,000 members and to celebrate their religious festivals. The architect chosen was German-born Ludwig Förster, whose Moorish synagogue in Leopoldtstadt, Vienna, was being built at the time. This building in Budapest measures approximately 173 by 87 feet.

Gellért Hotel and Baths

The Gellért Hotel and Baths, completed in 1918, faces Liberty Bridge at the foot of Gellérthegy Hill in Buda. The hill has long been known for its hot springs. Budapest is a city of spas, and the Gellért Hotel and Baths is by far the grandest. Thirteen springs feed thermal pools inside delicately decorated spa baths built in the Magyaros National Romantic style of Ödön Lechner, who influenced a generation of Hungarian architects.

1. What is Dohány Street Synagogue?

A. A street.           B. A community.        C. A church.           D. A hotel.

2. What do we know about Gellért Hotel and Baths?

A. It is famous for spa baths.                B. It was designed by Lechner.

C. It has thirteen thermal pools.             D. It lies at the foot of Liberty Bridge.

3. What do three buildings have in common?

A. They are of Romantic styles.               B. They are located in Budapest.

C. They were built by Hungarian architects.   D. They were completed in the19th century.