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Like Vaci utca, the Duna-korzo opens onto an elegant square full of stalls, named after the Vigado concert hall, whose name translates as "having a ball" or "making merry". Inaugurated in 1865, this splendidly Romantic pile by Frigyes Feszl has hosted performances by Liszt, Mahler, Wagner and Von Karajan. Badly damaged in wartime, it didn't reopen until 1980, such was the care taken in re-creating its sumptuous decor. Its Large Hall and grand staircase can only be seen by concert-goers, though the foyer is accessible from 1pm, when the box office opens. The modern building on the right occupies the site of the Angol kiralyno (English Queen) hotel, where the likes of the Shah of Persia and Emperor Dom Pedro of Brazil used to stay during the city's belle epoque . Don't overlook the statue of the Little Princess on the railings by the embankment. After dusk, you'll hardly notice that she isn't a person, if you notice her at all. By day, she looks like a cross-dressing boy in a Tinkerbell hat. From Vigado ter, the Duna-korzo continues past the Inter-Continental Hotel to end in a swirl of traffic at Roosevelt ter, on the edge of Jozsef Attila utca and the Lipotvaros.
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