Széchenyi Chain Bridge

The Széchenyi Chain Bridge is a chain bridge that spans the between and Pest, the western and eastern sides of , the capital of .
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  • Opening hours: 24/7
  • Type: Tourist attraction
  • Description: the oldest bridge in Budapest
  • Also known as: “Chain Bridge”, “Chan Bridge”, “Lanchid”, “Lánchíd”, “Szechenyi Chain Bridge”, “Szechenyi Chan Bridge”, “Szechenyi lanchid”, and “Széchenyi lánchíd”
  • Address: 24498, 14397, 14398, and 14400

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include National Széchényi Library and Hungarian National Gallery.

Library
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The is a library in , , located in . It is one of the two Hungarian national libraries, the other being University of Debrecen Library. is situated 510 metres southwest of Széchenyi Chain Bridge.

Art gallery
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The was established in 1957 as the national art museum. It is located in 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. is situated 430 metres southwest of Széchenyi Chain Bridge.

Theater building
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The is a historic opera house located in central , on . Originally known as the Hungarian Royal Opera House, it was designed by Miklós Ybl, a major figure of 19th-century Hungarian architecture. is situated 1¼ km east of Széchenyi Chain Bridge.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Pest and Budavár.

Suburb
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is the part of , the capital city of , that lies on the eastern bank of the . was administratively unified with and in 1873.

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, 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.

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 .

Széchenyi Chain Bridge

Latitude
47.49899° or 47° 29′ 56″ north
Longitude
19.0437° or 19° 2′ 37″ east
Elevation
96 metres (315 feet)
Inception
November 20th, 1849
Wheelchair access
yes
Open location code
8FVXF2XV+HF
Open­Street­Map ID
way 197110386
Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Open­Street­Map feature
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Geo­Names ID
11550682
Wiki­data ID
Q465534
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In Other Languages

From Afrikaans to Vietnamese—“Széchenyi Chain Bridge” goes by many names.
  • Afrikaans: “Kettingbrug”
  • Arabic: “جسر سلسلة سيشيني”
  • Aragonese: “Puent d’as Cadenas”
  • Armenian: “Շղթայված Կամուրջ”
  • Armenian: “Սեչենյիի շղթայակապ կամուրջ”
  • Azerbaijani: “Zəncirli körpü”
  • Basque: “Kateen zubia”
  • Bosnian: “Széchenyijev lančani most”
  • Bulgarian: “Сечени”
  • Catalan: “Pont de les Cadenes”
  • Chinese: “塞切尼鏈橋”
  • Chinese: “塞切尼链桥”
  • Chinese: “塞錢尼鏈橋”
  • Croatian: “Széchenyijev lančani most”
  • Czech: “Széchenyi lánchíd”
  • Czech: “Széchenyiho lánchíd”
  • Czech: “Széchenyiho řetězový most”
  • Danish: “Kædebroen”
  • Dutch: “Kettingbrug (Boedapest)”
  • Dutch: “Kettingbrug”
  • Esperanto: “Ĉenponto”
  • Esperanto: “Szechenyi-Ĉenponto”
  • Esperanto: “Széchenyi-Ĉenponto”
  • Estonian: “Széchenyi kettsild”
  • Finnish: “Széchenyi Lánchíd”
  • Finnish: “Széchenyin ketjusilta”
  • French: “Pont à chaines”
  • French: “Pont à chaînes”
  • French: “Pont des chaînes Széchenyi”
  • French: “Pont des chaines”
  • French: “Pont des chaînes”
  • French: “Széchenyi lánchíd”
  • French: “Széchenyi Lánchíd”
  • German: “Budapester Kettenbrücke”
  • German: “Kettenbrücke”
  • German: “Lanchid”
  • German: “Lánchíd”
  • German: “Szechenyi lanchid”
  • German: “Széchenyi lánchíd”
  • German: “Szechenyi-Kettenbrücke”
  • German: “Széchenyi-Kettenbrücke”
  • Greek: “Γέφυρα Σέτσενι”
  • Greek: “Γέφυρα των Αλυσίδων”
  • Hebrew: “גשר השלשלאות”
  • Hindi: “सेचेनी चेन ब्रिज”
  • Hungarian: “Lánchíd”
  • Hungarian: “Széchenyi lánchíd”
  • Indonesian: “Jembatan Rantai Széchenyi”
  • Italian: “Ponte delle Catene Széchenyi”
  • Italian: “Ponte delle Catene”
  • Italian: “Széchenyi Lánchíd”
  • Japanese: “セーチェーニ鎖橋”
  • Japanese: “セーチェニ鎖橋”
  • Korean: “세체니 다리”
  • Latvian: “Ķēžu tilts”
  • Luxembourgish: “Széchenyi-Kettebréck”
  • Macedonian: “Ланчен мост”
  • Macedonian: “Сечењиев ланчен мост”
  • Macedonian: “Сечењиев мост”
  • Norwegian Bokmål: “Kjede-broen”
  • Norwegian: “Kjede-broen”
  • Persian: “پل زنجیر”
  • Polish: “Lánchíd”
  • Polish: “most Istvána Széchenyiego”
  • Polish: “Most Łańcuchowy im. Istvána Széchenyiego”
  • Polish: “most Łańcuchowy im. Széchenyiego”
  • Polish: “most Łańcuchowy Istvána Széchenyiego”
  • Polish: “most Łańcuchowy Széchenyiego”
  • Polish: “most Łańcuchowy w Budapeszcie”
  • Polish: “Most Łańcuchowy w Budapeszcie”
  • Polish: “Most Łańcuchowy”
  • Polish: “most Széchenyiego”
  • Polish: “Széchenyi lánchíd”
  • Portuguese: “Ponte das Correntes”
  • Portuguese: “Ponte Széchenyi Lánchíd”
  • Romanian: “Podul cu lanţuri din Budapesta”
  • Romanian: “Podul cu lanțuri din Budapesta”
  • Romanian: “Podul cu Lanțuri din Budapesta”
  • Romanian: “Podul cu lanţuri Széchenyi”
  • Romanian: “Podul cu lanțuri Széchenyi”
  • Russian: “Будапештский цепной мост”
  • Russian: “мост Сечени”
  • Russian: “мост Сеченьи”
  • Russian: “Цепной мост (Будапешт)”
  • Russian: “Цепной мост в Будапеште”
  • Russian: “Цепной мост”
  • Serbian: “Sečenjijev lančani most”
  • Serbian: “Sečenjijev most”
  • Serbian: “Széchenyi Lánchíd”
  • Serbian: “Ланчани мост у Будимпешти”
  • Serbian: “Ланчани мост”
  • Serbian: “Сечењијев ланчани мост”
  • Serbian: “Сечењијев мост”
  • Serbo-Croatian: “Széchenyi lánchíd”
  • Slovak: “Reťazový most”
  • Slovak: “Sečéniho most”
  • Slovak: “Sečéniho reťazový most”
  • Slovak: “Széchenyi Lánchíd”
  • Slovenian: “Széchenyjev verižni most”
  • Slovenian: “Verižni most Széchenyi”
  • Spanish: “puente de las Cadenas”
  • Spanish: “Puente de las Cadenas”
  • Spanish: “Puente Széchenyi”
  • Swedish: “Kedjebron”
  • Turkish: “Széchenyi Köprüsü”
  • Turkish: “Szechenyi Zincir Köprüsü”
  • Ukrainian: “Ланцюговий міст Сечені”
  • Vietnamese: “Cầu Xích ở Budapest”

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