The Seuso Treasures at the Parliament

For decades
Hungarians
have wondered about the whereabouts of
14 silver items
including
pitchers
,
bowls
and
platters
that the Hungarian government claims were
smuggled
out in the
1970s
.  But this year, Hungary
bought
half of the so-called
Seuso

treasures
at a reported cost of
15 million euros
from a pair of English siblings that by now had posession of the items.  Now, the
public
can view
seven

pieces
from the Seuso
collection
, for free, at the
Hungarian

Parliament
until at least the
end of June
.  




Described as among the
most important
silver found from the late
ancient Roman Empire
, the Hungarian Prime Minister, Viktor Orbán, has even described it as Hungary’s family silver.   The silver is said to have belonged to a high-ranking
Roman

officer
,
Seuso
, who buried the items before a military attack at the end of the
4th or beginning of the 5th century.
 




You can view the treasures between
1pm and 5pm

on

weekdays
and
9am and 5pm on weekends
by going to the main entrance of the Parliament building on
Kossuth Square
. There’s
no

need to book
but you might need to queue for a few minutes before being allowed in. 

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Már 15 éve lélegzünk összhangban a fővárossal. Jubileumi kiadványunkban mindent megtalálsz, ami magazinunk és eddigi munkánk esszenciája. Gasztronómia, kultúra, városi legendák és Budapest arcai, interjúk, történetek és a legjobb helyek – úgy, ahogyan mi látjuk a fővárost.

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