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The bridge is situated at the narrowest part of the Danube in the Budapest area, spanning only 290 m. It is named after Elisabeth of Bavaria, a popular queen and empress of Austria-Hungary, who was assassinated in 1898. Today, her large bronze statue sits by the bridge's Buda side connection in the middle of a small garden. [1] [2]
It is based on the basement walls of today's Fisherman's Bastion, from the tower of the former Híradás (Telegraph) to the Jezsuita lépcső (Jesuit stairs), following the folded layout of the former bastion. This folded castle wall protection system breaks the bastion line so that each section can protect each other with a side fire.
Picture: Sight name: District: Built: Information: Parliament: V: 1885 - 1904 St. Stephen's Basilica: V: 1851 – 1906 Hungarian National Museum: VIII: 1837 – 1847
Hungarian authorities have arrested a 45-year-old Norwegian man in Budapest suspected of plotting mass killings intended to eclipse a 2011 massacre by Norwegian far-right extremist Anders Behring ...
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Matthias Fountain (Hungarian: Mátyás kútja, German: König Matthias Brunnen) is a monumental fountain group in the western forecourt of Buda Castle, Budapest. Alajos Stróbl’s Neo-Baroque masterpiece is one of the most frequently photographed landmark in the Hungarian capital. It is sometimes called the ’Trevi Fountain of Budapest’.
The European Shooting Championships are the continental championships for ISSF sport shooting disciplines in Europe, including 10m air rifle and air pistol, cartridge rifle (50m and 300m) and pistol (25m and 50m). Sometimes the competition also includes trap shooting, skeet and running target shooting events, usually organized in special ...
Biatorbágy bridge near Budapest: 22: Hungarian civilians Massacre of Várpalota February 1945 Lake Grabler, Várpalota: 123: Gypsies [2] [3] Kunmadaras pogrom: May 22, 1946 Kunmadaras: 4: Jews Hungarian Revolution of 1956: 1956 Hungary 3,000: Hungarian civilians Bloody Thursday October 25, 1956 Kossuth Square: 22-1,000: Pro-democracy ...