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| Country | Hungary | |
| Population | 1 759 000 (2018) | |
| High | 102m | |
 
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Budapest is the capital of Hungary.
Understand
Geography
Budapest lies on both banks of the river Danube, which here is approx. 300m wide and flows from north to south.
Next to the right bank (i.e. west) are several hills, some steep, one of which - Mount Vár, a hill very close to the Danube - has been used as a fortress since the 10th century. The neighborhoods that grew next to the castle (later a royal palace) took the name of Buddha.
The left bank (i.e. east) is flat - part of the vast Hungarian Plain. The town that was born on the left bank around in the 13th century was named Pest.
In 1867 the two cities were officially unified under the name of Budapest (Esperanto Budapest).
Climate
Budapest is located in a temperate, continental climate.
Winters are cold but the temperature drops below zero usually only at night; however, cold days are possible (the coldest recorded temperature is -25 ° C).
Summers are quite hot, on average the temperature at noon and early in the afternoon is around 25 ° C, but there are warmer days (the warmest recorded temperature is 40 ° C).
Rains vary little according to the seasons. There are usually 6-8 rainy days per month; June is the month with the most rainfall (65-70mm).
History
In ancient times it was a Celtic town Akink, later a Roman city Aquincum, on the right bank of the Danube, a little further north than present-day Budapest.
In the 10th century a fortress was built on Mount Vár, on the right bank of the Danube, which gradually formed the city. Buddha. In the 13th century, King Béla IV made Buda the capital instead of Estergoma (Esztergom).
Another city appeared on the left bank of the Danube 100-200 years after the founding of Buda. It was called Pest and was more commercial than Buddha, for the plain was not equally suitable for fortifications. When the Mongols invaded Hungary (1241), they easily destroyed Pest, not Buda. Pest, however, was soon reborn.
In 1526 the Turks conquered Pest, and in 1541 also Buddha. The fate of the two nearby cities was very different: Pest was ruined, Buda was instead chosen as the regional capital.
In 1686, after a siege of almost 3 months, the Austrians with their allies took Buddha from the Turks, and then also Pest. The following year the Hungarian nobles accepted in Bratislava that the son of the Austrian emperor, Joseph I, should become king of Hungary, recently liberated from the Turks.
In 1867 Buda and Pest were unified in the new city Budapest (waiting Budapest).
After World War I, Hungary became independent; Budapest, which was already its capital under the Austrians, became unquestionably the capital of the new state.
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See
- Royal Palace of Buddha (1) (Hungarian: Budavári Palota), on Mount Vár on the right bank of the Danube;
- Matthias Church (2) (Hungarian: Mátyás-templom), dedicated to the Assumption of Mary; King Matthias I celebrated his marriage there and added the beautiful tower;
- St. Stephen's Basilica (3) (Hungarian: St. Stephen's Basilica), dedicated to St. Stephen I, King of Hungary, and main church of Budapest;
- Parliament House (4) (Hungarian: Országház), on the left bank of the Danube.
