Budapest
from the Danube River
It was a fantastic sight as we passed along the Danube River in Budapest.
The magnificent Hungarian Parliament Building.
The Shoes Memorial. It is in memory of the victims shot into the Danube River by Arrow Cross Militiammen in 1944-45.
Our first look at the beautiful Széchenyi Chain Bridge on this trip.
It was the first permanent bridge across the Danube River in Hungary, and was opened in 1849.
It was designed by an English engineer, William Tierney Clark and has the name of István Széchenyi, a major supporter of its construction.
However it is most commonly known as the Chain Bridge.
Elisabeth Bridge (Erzsébet híd)
It is named after Elisabeth of Bavaria, a popular queen and empress of Austria-Hungary, who was assassinated in 1898.
The original, a decorative suspension bridge, was opened in 1903.
This original bridge, along with many other bridges all over the country, was blown up at the end of World War II by the retreating Germans.
It was the only bridge in Budapest that could not be rebuilt in its original form.
The currently slender white cable bridge was completed in 1964.
Liberty Bridge (Szabadság híd) was completed in 1896.
The Duchess docked near this bridge on the Pest side of the Danube River.
The Budapest Central Market Hall, which was built in 1897, was very close to the place where the Duchess was docked.
The Duchess, docked at its great location in Budapest.
It was a fantastic sight as we passed along the Danube River in Budapest.
The magnificent Hungarian Parliament Building.
The Shoes Memorial. It is in memory of the victims shot into the Danube River by Arrow Cross Militiammen in 1944-45.
Our first look at the beautiful Széchenyi Chain Bridge on this trip.
It was the first permanent bridge across the Danube River in Hungary, and was opened in 1849.
It was designed by an English engineer, William Tierney Clark and has the name of István Széchenyi, a major supporter of its construction.
However it is most commonly known as the Chain Bridge.
Elisabeth Bridge (Erzsébet híd)
It is named after Elisabeth of Bavaria, a popular queen and empress of Austria-Hungary, who was assassinated in 1898.
The original, a decorative suspension bridge, was opened in 1903.
This original bridge, along with many other bridges all over the country, was blown up at the end of World War II by the retreating Germans.
It was the only bridge in Budapest that could not be rebuilt in its original form.
The currently slender white cable bridge was completed in 1964.
Liberty Bridge (Szabadság híd) was completed in 1896.
The Duchess docked near this bridge on the Pest side of the Danube River.
The Budapest Central Market Hall, which was built in 1897, was very close to the place where the Duchess was docked.
The Duchess, docked at its great location in Budapest.