HUNGARY, 1961, Stamp Day, Scott B220-3
in this panoramic view eastward from Buda to Pest, three Jesuit churches may be seen:

                    
on stamp 1: the Church of St. Anne; on stamp 3: Coronation Church; on stamp 4: Parish of Pest-Belvaros.

HUNGARY, 1970, Scott 2018
in this panoramic view westward from Pest to Buda the same three churches may be seen:

                    
below 1970, the Parish of Pest-Belvaros; above POSTA, Coronation Church; above POSTA, the Church of St. Anne.

The Church of St. Anne, Budapest

HUNGARY, 1982, St. Anne's is on the river's edge at the right, Scott B328

The Church of St. Anne seen on the landscapes above and a residence dependent on the college were built at the foot of fortress hill by the Jesuits in 1740 in the purest Baroque style. Situated on Betthyány ter, St. Anne's was built to Italian designs first by Kristóf Hanon and afterwards by Máté Nepauer. The church was badly damaged during World War II; its reconstruction was completed in 1958.

Coronation Church, Budapest

HUNGARY, 1982, the 55th Stamp Day, Scott B326
Fisherman's Bastion and Coronation Church.

Coronation Church in Trinity Square, seen in the landscapes above (also called the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, the Church of the Assumption, and Matthias Cathedral or Church), is the oldest building in Buda. The original church was built in 1255-1269. Many of the kings of Hungary were crowned here. When the Turks invaded in 1526 they burned the church, but then rebuilt it for use as a mosque. After the recapture of the city the church was given briefly to the Franciscans and then to the Jesuits who held it until the Suppression in 1775. The Jesuits built an adjoining college, half destroyed during World War II and not yet restored.

  
  
HUNGARY, 1926-30, Scott 409-12, 434-436
1931, overprints, Scott 452, 455-456

 
HUNGARY, 1942-43, Scott 587, 596

  
HUNGARY, 1966, UNESCO's 20th anniversary, Scott 1767
1970 (but bearing the date of 1971) a century of Hungarian stamps, Scott B276
1966, the 8th European Athletic Championships, Scott 1787

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