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Citadella is the Hungarian word for citadel, a kind of fortress. The word is exclusively used by other languages to refer to the Gellért Hill citadel which occupies a place which held strategic importance in Budapest's military history.
Gellért Hill also saw action in the Second World War and the 1956 Hungarian Revolution, when Soviet tanks fired down into the city from the hill. [citation needed] Indeed, battle scars still pockmark some buildings in Budapest. [citation needed] There is a small military museum in the Citadella’s grounds. [7]
The Rock Center or just the Rock (Hungarian: Sziklaközpont or Szikla [ˈsiklɒkøspont]), more precisely the Rock Center of Little Gellért Hill, originally known as the Citadel (Fellegvár), is a mostly subterranean military complex in the 11th district (Újbuda) of Budapest, Hungary. [1]
Hungary’s capital became one city in 1873, when Buda, on the western banks of the Danube, and Pest, on the east, united to become the second largest city in the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
The Liberty Statue or Freedom Statue (Hungarian: Szabadság-szobor [ˈsɒbɒtt͡ʃaːɡ ˈsobor]) is a monument at the east end of the Citadella on Gellért Hill in Budapest, Hungary. It commemorates those who sacrificed their lives for the independence, freedom, and prosperity of Hungary.
Ferenciek tere with Paris Courtyard and Erzsébet Bridge with Inner City Parish Church nearby; Franz Liszt Academy of Music; Gellért Baths, Gellért Hill with Gellért Statue, Cave Church and Citadel with Liberty Statue; Geological Museum; Great Market Hall and Liberty Bridge; Heroes' Square with the Millenary Monument, the Palace of Art and ...