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On the other side of Hosok tere from the Museum of Fine Arts is the Palace of Arts ( Mucsarnok ; Tues-Sun 10am-6pm; 150Ft), a Grecian pile with gilded columns and a mosaic of St Stephen as patron of the arts. Its magnificent facade and foyer are in contrast to the four austere rooms used for temporary exhibitions (two or three at once), which are often first rate, while another part currently hosts the Countryrama - an overpriced 3D travelogue of Hungary, screened every half hour in different languages (10am-5pm; 1900Ft). Since the palace was inaugurated in 1896, its steps have been a stage for the state funeral of the painter Munkacsy, the reburial of Nagy, and other public ceremonies. Before heading into the Varosliget, take a glance down Dozsa Gyorgy ut , the wide avenue running off alongside the park, where domes or tents serve as circus or concert venues. In Communist times it was here that Party leaders reviewed parades from a grandstand, beneath a 25-metre-high statue of Stalin that was torn down during the Uprising, dragged to the Nagykorut and hammered into bits for souvenirs. A statue of Lenin was erected in its place, which remained until it was taken away "for structural repairs" in 1989 and finally ended up at the Statue Park.
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