The international geography . ourney, from 140 miles to anydistance which can be traversed in twenty-four hours, costs only $5 first-class, which is the maximum fare for any journey in the kingdom. Hungary Proper.—Buchipesf is the capital and residence-town ofHungary, situated in a splendidposition on both sides of theDanube, a short distance belowits great bend from an east-ward to a southward course,surrounded on the right bankby picturesque hills, the off-shoots of the Alps. One ofthese hills which dominatesthe city is the site of theRoyal Palace, and another,named Mount St. Gerard{Szcnt Gc
The international geography . ourney, from 140 miles to anydistance which can be traversed in twenty-four hours, costs only $5 first-class, which is the maximum fare for any journey in the kingdom. Hungary Proper.—Buchipesf is the capital and residence-town ofHungary, situated in a splendidposition on both sides of theDanube, a short distance belowits great bend from an east-ward to a southward course,surrounded on the right bankby picturesque hills, the off-shoots of the Alps. One ofthese hills which dominatesthe city is the site of theRoyal Palace, and another,named Mount St. Gerard{Szcnt GcUerthegy), risesabruptly from the Danube toa height of 720- feet abovesea-level. The left bank ofthe Danube is a plain. Budaon the right and Pest on theleft side formed, before 1873,two towns with separate ad-ministrations, but are now united. They are connected by several bridgesfor passengers and two railway bridges. The town is the residence of. theking, who is understood to reside there for half the year; it is the seat. Fig. 161.—Budapest. 322 The International Geography of government, of the parliament and of the supreme courts. It hasmany public institutions, including the Hungarian Academy of Sciences,the National Museum, with rich collections in different branches, andthe National Picture Gallery. Budapest has a university, a polytechnic,many colleges, technical schools, and learned societies. It is also thecentre of the commercial as well as of public and intellectual life of thekingdom. The population is increasing rapidly, at the average rate ofabout 10,000 a year. The town presents a very animated appearance, withthe electric tram-lines which intersect it in all directions, and the greatsteamer traffic on the Danube. The boulevards and ring-streets and thecolossal new buildings testify to the enthusiastic spirit in which theimprovement of the city is carried on with reference to art as well asmaterial progress. Amongst them the new Royal Palace, the new ParHa-m
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