Buda Castle

Buda Castle, formerly also called the Royal Palace and the Royal Castle, is the historical castle and palace complex of the Hungarian kings in .

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hungarian National Gallery and National Széchényi Library.

Art gallery
Photo: Wikimedia, Public domain.
The , was established in 1957 as the national art museum. It is located in Buda Castle in , . Its collections cover Hungarian art in all genres, including the works of many nineteenth- and twentieth-century Hungarian artists who worked in Paris and other locations in the West.

Library
The is a library in , , located in Buda Castle. It is one of the two Hungarian national libraries, the other being University of Debrecen Library.

Museum
Photo: Vadaro, Public domain.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tabán and Budavár.

Suburb
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 .

, Vár or Várnegyed is in , located on Castle Hill. It is the highlight of the 1st district. You can walk around the old romantic streets of the hill or see a great view of Pest from there.

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.

Buda Castle

Latitude
47.49611° or 47° 29′ 46″ north
Longitude
19.03972° or 19° 2′ 23″ east
Elevation
156 metres (512 feet)
Open location code
8FVXF2WQ+CV
Geo­Names ID
7302919
Wiki­data ID
Q46313
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In Other Languages

From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Buda Castle” goes by many names.
  • Arabic: قلعة بودا
  • Aragonese: Castiello de Buda
  • Armenian: Բուդայի ամրոց
  • Basque: Budako gaztelua
  • Belarusian: Будайскі замак
  • Belarusian: Замак Буда
  • Catalan: castell de Buda
  • Catalan: Castell de Buda
  • Chinese: 布达城堡
  • Chinese: 布达皇宫
  • Croatian: Budimski dvorac
  • Croatian: Dvorac Buda
  • Croatian: Dvorac Budim
  • Czech: Budínský hrad
  • Czech: Hrad Buda
  • Danish: Budaslottet
  • Dutch: Burcht van Boeda
  • Dutch: Burchtdistrict
  • Dutch: Burchtheuvel
  • Esperanto: Reĝa Palaco en Budapeŝto
  • Esperanto: Reĝa Palaco
  • Estonian: Buda palee
  • Finnish: Budan kuninkaanlinna
  • Finnish: Budan linna
  • French: Château de Buda
  • French: château royal de Buda
  • French: palais de Budavár
  • French: Palais de Budavár
  • Georgian: ბუდას ციხესიმაგრე
  • German: Budaer Burg
  • German: Budavari palota
  • German: Budavári palota
  • German: Burgpalast
  • Greek: Κάστρο της Βούδας
  • Hebrew: ארמון בודה
  • Hindi: बुडा क़िला
  • Hindi: बुडा
  • Hungarian: budai vár
  • Hungarian: Budavári Palota
  • Indonesian: Istana Buda
  • Indonesian: Kastil Buda
  • Italian: Budavári Palota
  • Italian: castello di Buda
  • Italian: Castello di Buda
  • Italian: Castello Reale
  • Italian: Királyi Palota
  • Italian: Királyi Vár
  • Italian: Palazzo Reale
  • Japanese: ブダ城
  • Korean: 부다성
  • Latvian: Budas pils
  • Lithuanian: Budos pilis
  • Luxembourgish: Buergpalais
  • Luxembourgish: Buergpalast
  • Macedonian: Буда
  • Norwegian Bokmål: Buda-slottet
  • Norwegian: Buda-slottet
  • Persian: دژ بودا
  • Persian: قلعه بودا
  • Persian: قلعهٔ بودا
  • Polish: Zamek Królewski w Budapeszcie
  • Portuguese: Budai Vár
  • Portuguese: Budin Kalesi
  • Portuguese: Castelo de Buda
  • Portuguese: Királyi Vár
  • Portuguese: Királyi-palota
  • Romanian: Castelul Buda
  • Russian: Будайская крепость
  • Russian: Будайский замок
  • Russian: Замок Буда
  • Serbian: Будимски дворац
  • Serbo-Croatian: Budimska palača
  • Serbo-Croatian: Budimski dvorac
  • Slovak: Budínsky hrad
  • Slovenian: Budimski grad
  • Slovenian: grad Buda
  • South Azerbaijani: بودین قلعه سی
  • Spanish: Castillo de Buda
  • Spanish: Palacio de Buda
  • Swedish: Budaslottet
  • Turkish: Budin Kalesi
  • Ukrainian: Будайська фортеця
  • Ukrainian: Будайський замок
  • Ukrainian: Замок Буда
  • Vietnamese: Lâu đài Buda

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