2. Crown jewels – the sword, the Holy Crown,
the sceptre and the globus cruciger
Hungary lies between latitude 45° and 49° N, and
longitudes 16° and 23° E.
3. Budapest
Hungary is a landlocked country in Central
Europe. It is situated in the Carpathian
Basin and is bordered by Slovakia to the
north, Ukraine and Romania to the
east, Serbia and Croatia to the
south, Slovenia to the southwest
and Austria to the west.
6. Eger
Eger is the second largest city in Northern
Hungary, east of the Mátra Mountains. Eger
is well-known and famous for its castle,
historic buildings (Turkish minaret), and its
red or white wines.
7. Balaton
Lake Balaton is a freshwater lake in the
Transdanubian region of Hungary. It is the
largest lake in Central Europe.
8. Tihany
Tihany is a village on the northern shore of
Lake Balaton on the Tihany Peninsula.
9. Fertőd
Fertőd is located in Eszterháza, which is one of
the best known palaces in Hungary, it was built
in 1760s by Prince Nikolaus Esterhazy.
10. Hortobágy
Hortobágy is both the name of a village in Hajdú-
Bihar county and an 800 km² national park in
Eastern Hungary.
11. Pécs
Pécs is the fifth largest city of Hungary, located
on the slopes of Mecsek mountains in the
south-west of the country.
13. Hollókő
Hollókő is a Palóc ethnographic village in Hungary,
part of the World Heritage. Its name means
"Raven-stone" in Hungarian.
14. Puskás Ferenc
Ferenc Puskás
( 1 April 1927– 17 November 2006)
was a Hungarian footballer. He scored 84 goals in
85 international matches for Hungary, and 514
goals in 529 matches in the Hungarian and Spanish
leagues.
15. Székesfehérvár- globus cruciger
one of the symbols of Hungary
In the background you can see the globus cruciger
(Latin, "cross-bearing orb") which is an orb (lat.
globus) topped with a cross.
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