Lipótváros

Lipótváros is a traditional neighbourhood in the city centre of Budapest, named after King Leopold II. It is one of the two neighbourhoods of District V, the other one being Inner City, which is the old town of Pest.

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Type: Suburb with 12,100 residents
Description: neighborhood in Budapest, Hungary
Also known as: “Leopold Town” and “Lipotvaros”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Liberty Square and Hungarian State Opera House.

Liberty Square

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Liberty Square is a public square located in the Lipótváros neighborhood of Budapest, Hungary. The square is a mix of business and residential. The United States Embassy in Hungary and the historicist style headquarters of the Hungarian National Bank abut the east side of the square.

Hungarian State Opera House

Theater building

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The Hungarian State Opera House is a historic opera house located in central Budapest, on Andrássy avenue. Originally known as the Hungarian Royal Opera House, it was designed by Miklós Ybl, a major figure of 19th-century Hungarian architecture.

Soviet soldiers memorial

Memorial

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Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pest and Víziváros.

Pest

Suburb

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Pest is the part of Budapest, the capital city of Hungary, that lies on the eastern bank of the Danube. Pest was administratively unified with Buda and Óbuda in 1873.

Víziváros

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Víziváros is in Budapest. This article describes the outer part of the 1st district, which includes parts of Gellérthegy, Krisztinaváros, Tabán and Víziváros.