The Vigado Concert Hall of Budapest, Hungary

"Hi, my name is Dante Mena, and I'm here on behalf of Expert Village in Budapest, Hungary. I'm the author of this travel guide. It's one of the Hunter travel guides called "Hungary". This building, the Biggatel Hall, is now a concert hall. But it was originally built in eighteen-thirty-three. It's seen the likes of Johann Straufs, many other great composers that have actually performed inside of these, this hallway. It's also very interesting because it's a building that we might call a national statement. It housed for a time during the rebellion against the Hapsburg Monarchy, the Hungarian Parliament. And it was actually shelled from across the Danube River at the Palace. They aimed their guns and they shot the cannon over here and bombed the Biggatel. So it has been reconstructed substantially, but it all is done in it's original style. Wonderful place."