Square, Plaza sights in Budapest
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Roosevelt Tér
Named in 1947 after the long-serving (1933–45) American president, Roosevelt tér sits at the foot of Chain Bridge and offers among the best views of Castle Hill in Pest. On the southern end of the square is a statue of Ferenc Deák, the Hungarian minister largely responsible for the Compromise of 1867, which brought about the Dual Monarchy of Austria and Hungary. The statue on the western side is of an Austrian and a Hungarian child holding hands in peaceful bliss. The Magyar kid’s hair is tousled and he is naked; the Osztrák is demurely covered by a bit of the patrician’s robe and his hair neatly coifed. The art nouveau building with the gold tiles to the east is the…
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Szabadság Tér
‘Liberty Sq’, one of the largest in Budapest, is a few minutes’ walk northeast of Roosevelt tér. In the centre is a memorial to the Soviet army, the last of its type still standing in the city. At the eastern side of the square is the fortresslike US Embassy, now cut off from the square by high metal fencing and concrete blocks. It was here that Cardinal József Mindszenty sought refuge after the 1956 Uprising and stayed for 15 years until departing for Vienna in 1971. The embassy backs onto Hold utca (Moon St), which, until 1990, was named Rosenberg házaspár utca (Rosenberg Couple St) after the American husband and wife Julius and Ethel Rosenberg who were…
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Clark Ádám Tér
Clark Ádám tér ‘Adam Clark Sq’ is named after the 19th-century Scottish engineer who supervised the building of the Széchenyi Chain Bridge, leading from the square, and who designed the tunnel (alagút) under Castle Hill, which took just eight months to carve out of the limestone in 1853. What looks like an elongated concrete doughnut hidden in the bushes to the south is the 0km stone. All Hungarian roads to and from the capital are measured from this spot.
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