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Main
Street
Király
Bath - Király fürdô
The part built by the Turks, called the Bath
of the Cock Tower, was built around 1570 inside
the Víziváros town wall, so that
the garrison could enjoy the benefits of a bath
even during a siege.
It was a smaller copy of the famous baths in
Buda.
Main Street
Fõ
utca is the main street of the district called
Víziváros (literally 'Water town').
Main Street was probably the first street of
Buda used from the 13th century moving the royal
court from Esztergom to here.
At this street was the main street of Buda side,
this must be the reason, that there are so many
churches in this street - altogether 7 churches,
as each religion made a point of having at least
one building along the main street.
Cable Car/Funicular
- Sikló
The almost 100 meter long track, with a slope
of 4.8 in 10, was opened for passengers in 1870.
The idea was to provide cheap transport for
clerks working in the Castle District.
Castle Hill rises only 50-60 meters above the
riverbank, so you can walk to the top in 5 to
10 minutes.
If you make a little detour to the left at the
first point where paths cross, you can admire
the fine proportions of Lánchíd
from above the Tunnel and you can also see the
cable car from a little bridge over the tracks.
The Chain Bridge
The bridge, 380 meters (420 yds.) long and 15.7
meters (17.5 yds.) wide, is supported by pillars
shaped like antique triumphal arches.
It was the first bridge over the Danube and
it not only linked Buda with Pest but also the
western with the eastern parts of the country.
In 1820, a young captain of hussars, Count István
Széchenyi, had to wait at the bank of
the river for a week while traveling to the
funeral of his father.
He decided to found a society for building a
bridge.
"Hungary is not dead ; she will live again!"
- this is how, in the first part of the nineteenth
century, Count István Széchenyi,
one of the greatest figures of the Reform Period,
whom Lajos Kossuth called "the greatest
Hungarian", encouraged the nation, groaning
under foreign oppression.
He brought over from England an architect, William
Clark, and a master builder, Adam Clark, who
in spite of their names, were not related to
each other.
The bridge was built between 1842-49
The span between the two pillars is 202 meters
The weight of the original structure was 2,000
tons
It was not quite finished when Austrian troops
withdrawing to Buda towards the end of the Hungarian
War of Independence tried to demolish it.
The charges, however, had not been laid properly
and no damage was done to the bridge; however
the colonel who gave the order to set off the
explosive charges was blown to pieces.
In January 1945 German soldiers were, unfortunately,
rather better at preparing demolition charges
for bridges.
They also pushed the button and dropped the
central span into the Danube.
In 1948-49 it was rebuilt in its original form.
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