Budapest - Joseph Town Parish Church

(Local Name: Józsefvárosi plébánia-templom) The imposing Joseph Town Parish Church with its twin towers was built at the end of the 18th C in Late Baroque style to plans by J. Thalherr. Since then it has been altered on several occasions. Some fine examples of ecclesiastical art include the High Altar by József Hild and the reredos, the "Apotheosis of St Joseph", by the famous Viennese painter Leopold Kupelweiser. On the façade, between the twin towers, can be seen a statue of St Joseph by L. Dunaiszky.

In front of the church stands a monument by Péter Pázmány to the Bishop of Esztergom and founder of the University of Tyrnau, the precursor of the University of Budapest.

On the other side