Gellért Hill Cave
The Gellért Hill Cave is part of a network of caves within Gellért Hill in Budapest, Hungary. 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: Ramirez HUN, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Church
- Description: church
- Also known as: “Gellert Hill Cave”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gellért Baths and Liberty Bridge.
Gellért Baths
Photo: Zairon, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Gellért Thermal Bath, also known as the Gellért Baths, is a bath complex in Budapest in Hungary. It is part of the famous Hotel Gellért in Buda. Gellért Baths is situated 130 metres southwest of Gellért Hill Cave.
Liberty Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Ondřej Žváček, CC BY 4.0.
The Liberty Bridge or Freedom Bridge in Budapest, Hungary, connects Buda and Pest across the Danube river. It is the third southernmost public road bridge in Budapest, located at the southern end of the City Centre. Liberty Bridge is situated 240 metres northeast of Gellért Hill Cave.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Belváros and Belső-Ferencváros.
Belváros
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Tabán
Suburb
Gellért Hill Cave
- Categories: cave church, Catholic church building, and religion
- Location: Budapest, Central Hungary, Hungary, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Uzbek—“Gellért Hill Cave” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “كهف تل غيليرت”
- Azerbaijani: “Qellert dağ mağarası”
- Chinese: “蓋勒特山洞”
- Dutch: “Grotkerk”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كهف تل جيليرت”
- Esperanto: “Preĝejo de Sankta Gerardo”
- Esperanto: “Preĝejo Patrono de Hungaroj”
- French: “Église troglodyte Notre-Dame-des-Hongrois”
- French: “église troglodyte Saint-Gérard”
- German: “Felsenkirche”
- German: “Felskirche auf dem Gellért-Hügel”
- German: “Magyarok Nagyasszonya-sziklatemplom”
- Greek: “Σπήλαιο Γκέλερτ”
- Hungarian: “Gellérthegyi-barlang”
- Hungarian: “Magyarok Nagyasszonya-sziklatemplom”
- Italian: “chiesa nella Roccia”
- Italian: “Chiesa nella Roccia”
- Kazakh: “Геллерт-Хилл үңгірі”
- Macedonian: “Пештера на ридот Гелерт”
- Romanian: “Biserica-Grotă Sfântul Gerard din Budapesta”
- Spanish: “Iglesia Rupestre de Budapest”
- Turkish: “Gellért Tepesi Mağarası”
- Ukrainian: “Скельна церква Матері Божої”
- Uzbek: “Gellért tepaligidagi gʻor”
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