Fisherman’s Bastion
The Halászbástya or Fisherman's Bastion is one of the best known historical monuments in Budapest, located near the Buda Castle, in the Várkerület. Since 1987, it has been designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site as part of the Várkerület District.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: Castle
- Description: building in Budapest, Hungary
- Also known as: “Fishermen’s Bastion”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Matthias Church and Széchenyi Chain Bridge.
Matthias Church
Church
Photo: Thaler Tamas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Church of the Assumption of the Buda Castle, more commonly known as the Matthias Church and more rarely as the Coronation Church of Buda, is a Catholic church in Holy Trinity Square, Budapest, Hungary, in front of the Fisherman's Bastion at the heart of Buda's Castle District.
Széchenyi Chain Bridge
Photo: Alireza Javaheri, CC BY 3.0.
The Széchenyi Chain Bridge is a chain bridge that spans the River Danube between Buda and Pest, the western and eastern sides of Budapest, the capital of Hungary. Széchenyi Chain Bridge is situated 760 metres southeast of Fisherman’s Bastion.
Hospital in the Rock
Museum
The Hospital in the Rock Nuclear Bunker Museum is the name given to a hospital created in the caverns under Buda Castle in Budapest in the 1930s, in preparation for the Second World War. Hospital in the Rock is situated 310 metres southwest of Fisherman’s Bastion.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Budavár and Víziváros.
Budavár
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Budavár, Vár or Várnegyed is in Budapest, 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.
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.
Belváros
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Belváros or Downtown is the V. District of Budapest. 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.
Fisherman’s Bastion
- Categories: bastion, terrace, fishing bastion, tourist attraction, and tourism
- Location: Budapest, Central Hungary, Hungary, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Fisherman’s Bastion” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “حصن الصيادين”
- Aragonese: “Bastión d’os Pescataires”
- Armenian: “Ձկնորսական բաստիոն”
- Basque: “Arrantzaleen gotorlekua”
- Bulgarian: “Рибарски бастион”
- Bulgarian: “Рибарски кули”
- Catalan: “Bastió dels Pescadors”
- Chinese: “渔人堡”
- Chinese: “漁人堡”
- Czech: “Rybářská bašta”
- Dutch: “Halaszbastya”
- Dutch: “Halászbástya”
- Dutch: “Vissersbastion”
- Esperanto: “Fiŝista Bastiono”
- Estonian: “Kalamehe bastion”
- Finnish: “Kalastajanlinnake”
- French: “bastion des pêcheurs”
- French: “Bastion des pêcheurs”
- French: “Halászbástya”
- Galician: “Bastión dos Pescadores”
- German: “Fischerbastei Budapest”
- German: “Fischerbastei”
- Greek: “Προμαχώνας των Ψαράδων”
- Hebrew: “באסטיון הדייגים”
- Hungarian: “Halászbástya”
- Indonesian: “Halászbástya”
- Italian: “Bastione dei Pescatori”
- Italian: “Halászbástya”
- Japanese: “漁夫の砦”
- Korean: “어부의 요새”
- Latvian: “Zvejnieku bastions”
- Macedonian: “Рибарски кули”
- Persian: “قلعه ماهیگیر”
- Polish: “Baszta Rybacka”
- Portuguese: “Bastião dos Pescadores”
- Romanian: “Bastionul Pescarilor din Budapesta”
- Romanian: “Halászbástya”
- Russian: “Рыбацкий бастион”
- Serbian: “Рибарска тврђава”
- Slovak: “Rybárska bašta”
- Slovenian: “Ribiška trdnjava”
- Spanish: “Bastion de los pescadores”
- Spanish: “Bastión de los Pescadores”
- Swedish: “Fiskarbastionen”
- Turkish: “Balıkçı Tabyası”
- Turkish: “Balıkçılar Burcu”
- Ukrainian: “Рибальський бастіон”
- Vietnamese: “Thành Ngư Phủ”
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