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Being the centre of operations on the Roman frontier against the neighbouring Iazyges, Aquincum was occasionally the headquarters of emperors. [ 2 ] The city had at least 30,000 inhabitants by the end of the 2nd century, and covered a significant part of the area today known as the Óbuda district within Budapest.
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.
The Aquincum Museum is a museum in Budapest, Hungary. [1] It first opened in May 1894. [2] Archeological findings from the remains of Aquincum are on display there. [1] These include items from the local mithraeum. It has an indoor and outdoor part. [3] Paula Zsidi served as the museum director from 1989 until 2015. [4]
Budapest's Inner City Parish Church (Budapest-Belvárosi Nagyboldogasszony), officially the Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, is the main parish church of Budapest. It is often referred to as the City Parish Church, or Downtown Parish Church.
Roman amphitheatre. Settlements dating from the Stone Age have been found in Óbuda. The Romans built there Aquincum, the capital of Pannonia province. Hungarians arrived after 900 and it served as an important settlement of major tribal leaders, later kings. The site was the location of royal and ecclesiastic foundations. [1]
The Aquincum Military Amphitheatre is the greater of two amphitheatres in Budapest, Hungary, the other being the Aquincum Civil Amphitheatre. It is located in the Obuda district, just north near the Danube river. It was built around 145, during the reign of emperor Antoninus Pius.
History section: Miklós Horler: Budapest műemlékei I, Bp: 1955, pp. 259–292 Post-war reconstruction: László Gerő: A helyreállított budai vár, Bp, 1980, pp. 182–187. 47°29′45″N 19°02′27″E / 47.49570°N 19.04076°E / 47.49570; 19
Pest (Hungarian pronunciation:) is the part of Budapest, the capital city of Hungary, that lies on the eastern bank of the Danube. Pest was administratively unified with Buda and Óbuda in 1873; prior to this, it was an independent city. In colloquial Hungarian, "Pest" is sometimes also used pars pro toto to refer to Budapest as a whole.