Church of St. Anne

This guide to the Church of St. Anne in Budapest opens in 1952, when city officials drew up plans to demolish the twin-towered Baroque church in front of you, citing a metro line but whispering another reason tied to a possible visit from Joseph Stalin. It reaches back to the church's Jesuit origins in 1740 and an earthquake that tore open its nearly finished walls two decades later. Stand back across Batthyany Square to take in both towers at once.