View of Badacsony |
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Tihany peninsula with the ferry (the Balaton is here the most narrow, about 1.5 kms) |
The "inner lake" is an independent lake in the moddle of the peninsula - to the right the abbey |
The old Hungarian breed of cattle at the "inner lake" |
The abbey over the "inner lake" |
The spires of the abbey |
The abbey and the monastery (now museum) |
The interior of the abbey
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The gave of the founder, King Andreas the first, in the crypt |
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View from the abbey to the "inner lake" |
and his statue under the abbey |
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The "geysirs" of the Tihany hills http://www.turautak.com/cikkek/turautak/tihanyi-gejzirkup-tura.html |
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The "badger's castle" |
In
fact, the cones called "geysir cones" are remains of hot water sprins
from about 2-3 million years ago, not of proper geysirs but they give a
spectacular view |
The "triple mountain" |
The "pisolite" cone |
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The "golden house" |
houses a little exhibition of minerals which form the hills |
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The "hatted cone" is one of the
spectacular formations, the base being eroded by water and wind |
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The ruins of the church of the
first fishermen's settlement |
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Balatonfüred The neoclassicist resort |
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The villa of one of the most famous Hungarian actresses of the 19th century, Lujza Blaha |
Besides the Balaton, the city boasts with a healing water, good for heart diseases |
The most famous balls (demonstrating Hungarian music and dance as a sign of national independence endeavours undedr the Habsburgs) were held here |
The "round church" |
One of the uses is
drinking - a public well is on the square in front of the hospital |
The post office |
Sometimes the style is mixed |
The town halll |
The promenade |
Northeast from Tihany, a row of nice villages where sculptors and other artist bought houses |
One of them even built a calvary |
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A volcanic eruption and later stone mining created a spectacular basalt wall |
And the visitors erected small "columns", like in the high mountains |
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Basalt in coal |
An exhibition of minerals from the area Dolomite |
Sandstone |
Keszthely, Veszprém, Zirc - historic cities |