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In Budapest the West Station was completed in 1870 by the Parisian builder Eiffel – long before he became famous – and has just been restored. It is the most significant monument in Central Europe and symbolizes the merging of architecture from West and Central Europe. Soon after, in 1884, the new East Station was completed under the direction of the Hungarian architect Gyula Rochlitz. The outer construction in Renaissance style conceals the modern and functional character of the whole building. Emigrants meet nowadays at the East Station to ready for the leap to the Mecca of the Western World.