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A number of Wikipedia articles contain pro and con lists: lists of arguments for and against some particular contention or position.These take several forms, including lists of advantages and disadvantages of a technology; pros and cons of a proposal which may be as technical as Wi-Fi or otherwise; and lists of criticisms and defenses of a political position or other view (such as socialism or ...
Important landmarks are Budapest's oldest bridges, such as the Széchenyi Chain Bridge, the Margaret Bridge, the Liberty Bridge. The biggest parks are very popular, especially the City Park with Vajdahunyad Castle, the Széchenyi thermal bath, the Budapest Zoo and Botanical Garden and the Margaret Island. Budapest is world-famous for its hot ...
Budapest has lost several bids to host the games, in 1916, 1920, 1936, 1944, and 1960 to Berlin, Antwerp, London, and Rome, respectively. [234] [235] The Hungarian Parliament also voted to support the bid on 28 January 2016, later Budapest City Council approved list of venues and Budapest became an official candidate for the 2024 Summer Olympic ...
Bauhaus in Budapest: walk in Napraforgó Street, row of 22 Bauhaus villas, Pasarét and Újlipótváros; Buda Castle with the Royal Palace, the Funicular, Hungarian National Gallery [5] and National Széchényi Library, [6] Matthias Church, Holy Trinity Column (a plague column) and Fisherman's Bastion
View of Budapest. Budapest became one of Central Europe's most popular tourist attractions in the 1990s. [1] Attractions in the city include Buda Castle which houses several museums including the Hungarian National Gallery, the Matthias Church, [5] the Parliament Building and the City Park. [1]
In 1873, the old capital Buda and Óbuda (ancient Buda) merged with the third city, Pest, thus creating the new metropolis of Budapest. The dynamic Pest grew into Hungary's administrative, political, economic, trade and cultural hub. Many of the state institutions and the modern administrative system of Hungary were established during this period.
Before World War II, approximately 200,000 Jews lived in Budapest, making it the center of Hungarian Jewish cultural life. [10] In the late 1930s and early 1940s, Budapest was a safe haven for Jewish refugees. Before the war some 5,000 refugees, primarily from Germany and Austria, arrived in Budapest.
List of mayors (hu:Budapest polgármestereinek listája), since 1873; List of city council presidents (hu:Budapest tanácselnökeinek listája), since 1950; History of Pest (in Hungarian) Other names of Budapest; List of sights and historic places in Budapest; Timelines of other cities in Hungary: Debrecen