Gellért Hill

Gellért Hill is a 235 m high hill overlooking the in , . It is located in the and the . The hill was named after Saint Gerard who was thrown to death from the hill.
Wikipedia
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  • Type: Peak with an elevation of 211 metres
  • Description: hill in Budapest, Hungary
  • Also known as: “Gellert Hill”, “Gellert-hegy”, “Mount Gellert”, “Mount Gerhardus”, “Sankt Gerhardsberg”, and “Szent Gellért-Hegy”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Citadella and Gellért Hill Cave.

Fort
Photo: Elekes Andor, CC BY 4.0.
The is the fortification located upon the top of Gellért Hill in , . is the Hungarian word for citadel, a kind of fortress.

Cave
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The is part of a network of caves within Gellért Hill in , . The cave is also referred to as "Saint Ivan's Cave", regarding a hermit who lived there and is believed to have used the natural thermal water of a muddy lake next to the cave to heal the sick.

Photo: Elekes Andor, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Rudas Bath or Rudas fürdő is a thermal bath in , which is claimed to have medicinal properties. It was founded in 1571/1572 during the time of Ottoman rule.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tabán and Belváros.

Suburb
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The usually refers to an area within the 1st district of , the capital of . It lies on the side of the , to the south of György Dózsa Square, on the northern side of Elisabeth Bridge and to the east of .

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or Downtown is the V. District of . It consists of two historic neighbourhoods with well-defined borders within the V. District - Lipótváros in the north includes the Parliament and many governmental buildings, Szent István Basilica and some museums, while the southern part is mostly high-class accommodations, shops and nightlife area.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

Gellért Hill

Latitude
47.48692° or 47° 29′ 13″ north
Longitude
19.04456° or 19° 2′ 40″ east
Elevation
211 metres (692 feet)
Open location code
8FVXF2PV+QR
Open­Street­Map ID
node 963923001
Open­Street­Map feature
natural=­peak
Geo­Names ID
3052343
Wiki­data ID
Q577122
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In Other Languages

From Aragonese to Ukrainian—“Gellért Hill” goes by many names.
  • Aragonese: “Tozal Gellért”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qellert (dağ)”
  • Azerbaijani: “Qellert”
  • Belarusian: “Гара Гелерт”
  • Belarusian: “Гелерт”
  • Bulgarian: “Гелерт”
  • Cebuano: “Gellért-hegy”
  • Chinese: “蓋勒特山”
  • Czech: “Gellért”
  • Czech: “Gellértova hora”
  • Czech: “vrch Gellért”
  • Dutch: “Gellértberg”
  • Esperanto: “Monto Gellért”
  • Estonian: “Gellérti mägi”
  • Finnish: “Gellértinvuori”
  • French: “Gellért-hegy”
  • French: “Mont Gellért”
  • German: “Blocksberg”
  • German: “Gellértberg”
  • German: “Gellérthügel”
  • German: “Kelenberg”
  • German: “Mons Sancti Gerardi”
  • German: “Osterberg”
  • German: “Sankt-Gerhardsberg”
  • Hungarian: “Gellért-domb”
  • Hungarian: “Gellért-hegy”
  • Indonesian: “Bukit Gellért”
  • Italian: “Collina Gellért”
  • Italian: “Gellért-hegy”
  • Italian: “Monte Gellert”
  • Japanese: “ゲッレールトの丘”
  • Japanese: “ゲッレールト山”
  • Korean: “겔레르트 언덕”
  • Korean: “겔레르트언덕”
  • Latin: “Mons Gerardus”
  • Latin: “Mons Gerhardi”
  • Ossetian: “Геллерт”
  • Persian: “تپه گلرت”
  • Polish: “Góra Gellerta”
  • Romanian: “Dealul Gellért”
  • Russian: “Геллерт (гора)”
  • Russian: “Геллерт”
  • Russian: “Гора Геллерт”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Gellért-hegy”
  • Slovenian: “Gerhardov hrib”
  • Spanish: “Colina Gellert”
  • Spanish: “Colina Gellért”
  • Swedish: “Gellértberget”
  • Turkish: “Gellért Tepesi”
  • Ukrainian: “Геллерт”

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Citadella park and Cerka-firka (Kőcsikós) játszótér.

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