Falcon-like Turul on top of Liberty Bridge in Budapest, Hungary
Budapest is the capital and the largest city of Hungary, the largest in East-Central Europe and the seventh largest in the European Union. It is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre, sometimes described as the primate city of Hungary. In 2011, according to the census, Budapest had million inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of million due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter Area is home to million people. The city covers an area of 525 square kilometres ( sq mi)[9] within the city limits. Budapest became a single city occupying both banks of the river Danube with a unification on 17 November 1873 of west-bank Buda and Óbuda with east-bank Pest. The Hungarian Parliament Building is the seat of the National Assembly of Hungary, one of Europe's oldest legislative buildings, a notable landmark of Hungary and a popular tourist destination of Budapest. Liberty Bridge is the third southernmost public road bridge in Budapest, located at the southern end of the City Centre. It is m in length and m in width. The top of the four masts are decorated with large bronze statues of the Turul, a falcon-like bird, prominent in ancient Hungarian mythology. The bridge was built between 1894 and 1896 to the plans of János Feketeházy. Although radically different in structure, the bridge imitates the general outline of a chain-type bridge, which was considered an aesthetically preferable form at the time of construction. The bridge was opened in the presence of Emperor Franz Joseph; the last silver rivet on the Pest abutment was inserted into the iron structure by the Emperor himself, and the bridge was originally named after him.
Size: 3752px × 2512px
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Photo credit: © Dimitry Bobroff / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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Keywords: bird, bridge, bronze, buda, budapest, building, central, danube, east, europe, falcon, feketeházy, hungarian, hungary, liberty, parliament, pest, river, statues, turul, ános
