The “0” km Stone statue is situated on the Clark Adam square. In Hungary the road distances are measured from this point. In 1975, Miklós Borsos created this 3 m high limestone statue. The Budavár Funicular Lift can also be found on this place, but we can have a magnificent view on the Chain Bridge and the Angel emblem is also situated on the wall of the castle.
Count Lajos Batthyány, the president of the first responsible Hungarian government, was sentenced to death by the Austrians, and to commemorate this event, on the place of the execution an eternal night-light was set up in 1926. At the inauguration of the monument, the last solder of 1848 who still lived, István Lebó participated too.
The Bodor-well is situated on the north side of the Margaret Island, its name is originated from a Székely jack of all trades, Péter Bodor. The master made the well in 1820 to the people of Marosvásárhely. On the Island, the well which is the replica of the original, was built in 1936.We also call it as musical-well because it plays tunes every hour. The original was sounded by a machine driven by water. The gilt Neptu...
At the south entrance of the Margaret Island (at the Margaret Bridge), in front of the big fountain can be found the statue which was made for the 100th anniversary of the unification of Budapest. According to the law to unify the three cities (Pest, Buda, Óbuda) which was decided in 1872, the towns which were till then separated, exist together from 1st January 1873. as Budapest. The real unification of the capital was only 17th November ...
The 375 metres long bridge is the oldest one in the capital – older then Budapest itself as it was established only in 1872 with the union of Buda, Pest and Óbuda. Between the two towns – Buda and Pest – there used to be an interim turning-bridge, than a pontoon-bridge but these became unable to fulfill the needs of the capital. The construction of the Chain Bridge is bound to the name of István Széchenyi, w...
The Fisherman’s Bastion is one of the most famous points of the Buda Castle, which was set up by Frigyes Schulek in 1901-1902. Here used to stand the bastions of a former fishermen’s guild in the Middle Ages. The Neoromanesque style bastion-line never had defending functions; it is more likely to be a piece of decoration which gives a nice frame for the Castle’s building and serves as a staircase up to the Castle Area. On the oc...
The historical monument was erected for the 1000th anniversary of the state foundation. Here used to be the main entrance of the Millennium’s World Fair. The constructions of the impressive memorial lasted for several decades, between 1894 and 1929. The first figure to erect was the statue of Genius standing at the top of the huge column in 1901, surrounded by the equestrian statues of Árpád and the Seven Leaders on the plinth...
Only few capitals in the world can pride itself on such a fantastic geological situation as Budapest. From the top of the hill situated in the centre the whole city can be observed. A broad staircase, which was partly damaged in World War II, drives up to the peak of the 250 metres tall hill from the river Danube. The reconstruction of the steps is planned to be performed together with the renovation of Elisabeth Bridge (Erzsébet-hí...
The historical monument was erected for the 1000th anniversary of the state foundation. Here used to be the main entrance of the Millennium’s World Fair. The constructions of the impressive memorial lasted for several decades, between 1894 and 1929. The first figure to erect was the statue of Genius standing at the top of the huge column in 1901, surrounded by the equestrian statues of Árpád and the Seven Leaders on the plinth...
The enormous palace of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences is a fascinating endpoint of our walking trip at the bank of the Danube. It was built in northern-italic renaissance style based on the planning of August Friedrich Stühler, an architect of Vienna. The huge bronze relief on the Akadémia Street side of the building shows István Széchenyi founding the Academy. The Hungarian Academy of Sciences is the most important c...
