Most famous Hungarians
Franz Liszt – composer
Drew Barrymore – actress
Rachel Weizs - actress, model
Abraham Ganz – scientist
| Franz Liszt - source |
Religion
Of those Hungarians declaring religious affiliation, about 68% say they are Roman Catholic, 21% Reformed (Calvinist) Protestants and 6% Evangelical (Lutheran) Protestants. There are also small Greek Catholic and Orthodox congregations. Hungary’s Jews number about 80,000, down from a pre-war population of almost 10 times that size.
Hungary has eight listed World Heritage sites:
- The old village and environs of Hollók? (1987)
- The Aggtelek karst and Slovakian karst caves (1995)
- The 1,000 year-old Benedictine Abbey at Pannonhalma and its natural surroundings (1996)
- Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta (1999)
- Pécs Early Christian burial vaults (2000)
- Fert?/Neusiedlersee cultural region (2001)
- The historic wine-making cultural region of Tokaj (2002)
- The Budapest Danube panorama, the Buda Castle District (1987), Andrássy Road and its historic surroundings (2002)