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We had a spare day in Budapest. Here are some of the sights.
The Shoes Memorial. It is in memory of the victims shot into the Danube River by Arrow Cross Militiammen in 1944-45.
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.
I walked across on one side to Buda on the other side of the Danube River and back on the other side of the brige to Pest.
A Hungarian model was having a photo-shoot on the bridge.
There was a lion on each "corner" of the bridge.
Liberty Bridge (Szabadság híd) was completed in 1896.
I walked across the Danube River from Pest to Buda and back again.
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.
Another walk across the Danube River and back again.
We had a spare day in Budapest. Here are some of the sights.
The Shoes Memorial. It is in memory of the victims shot into the Danube River by Arrow Cross Militiammen in 1944-45.
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.
I walked across on one side to Buda on the other side of the Danube River and back on the other side of the brige to Pest.
A Hungarian model was having a photo-shoot on the bridge.
There was a lion on each "corner" of the bridge.
Liberty Bridge (Szabadság híd) was completed in 1896.
I walked across the Danube River from Pest to Buda and back again.
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.
Another walk across the Danube River and back again.