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.- Type: Church
- Description: church
- Also known as: “Gellert Hill Cave”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights: Gellért Baths and Liberty Bridge.
Gellért Baths
The Gellért Thermal Bath, also known as the Gellért Baths, is a bath complex in Budapest in Hungary. Gellért Baths is situated 130 metres southwest of Gellért Hill Cave.Liberty Bridge
Bridge
The Liberty Bridge or Freedom Bridge in Budapest… Liberty Bridge is situated 240 metres northeast of Gellért Hill Cave.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Belváros and Belső-Ferencváros.
Tabán
Suburb
The Tabán usually refers to an area within the 1st district of Budapest, the capital of Hungary.
Gellért Hill Cave
- Categories: cave church, Catholic church building, and religion
- Location: Budapest, Central Hungary, Hungary, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.48477° or 47° 29′ 5″ north
Longitude
19.05205° or 19° 3′ 7″ east
Elevation
127 metres (417 feet)
Open location code
8FVXF3M2+WR
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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”
- 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”
Localities in the Area
Places to explore: Gellérthegy and Pest.
Nearby Places
Places to explore: Kalmár Panzió and Central Apartment Budapest.
Budapest: Must-Visit Destinations
Worth a closer look: Belváros and Víziváros.
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