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BUD APEST AREA B Y AREA  81
AROUND PARLIAMENT

Towards the end of the 18th century development. The medieval walls that
and throughout the 19th century, Pest originally marked Pest’s limits were crossed
underwent a series of huge changes. In as the area expanded and was urbanized.
1838 a flood destroyed most of the rural This period produced some of the most
dwellings that had occupied the area. important buildings in Hungary, including
The Chain Bridge, the city’s first permanent St Stephen’s Basilica, Parliament and the
Danube crossing, was built in 1839–49. Hungarian Academy of Science. Many
The unification of Budapest in 1873 and Neo-Classical residences were also built,
the 1,000-year anniversary, in 1896, of the particularly on Nádor utca, Akadémia
Magyar conquest also boosted the city’s utca and Október 6 utca.

Sights at a Glance
Historic Buildings and Palaces Theatres Squares
1 Parliament pp84–5 9 State Opera House pp92–3 4 Liberty Square
3 Ministry of Agriculture q Budapest Operetta Theatre 5 Széchenyi Square
6 Gresham Palace Museums Churches
7 Hungarian Academy of Sciences 2 Museum of Ethnography 8 St Stephen’s Basilica pp90–91
0 Drechsler Palace
w Radisson Blu Béke Hotel

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