Liberty Bridge
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
Photo: Ondřej Žváček, CC BY 4.0.
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- Type: Bridge
- Description: bridge over the Danube in Budapest
- Also known as: “Ferencz József híd”, “Freedom Bridge”, “Liberty Bridge (Budapest)”, “Szabadság Bridge”, “Szabadsag Hid”, and “Szabadság Híd”
- Historically known as: “Ferenc Josef Bridge”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Gellért Hill Cave and Great Market Hall.
Gellért Hill Cave
Cave
Photo: Ramirez HUN, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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. Gellért Hill Cave is situated 230 metres southwest of Liberty Bridge.
Great Market Hall
Marketplace
Photo: Fred Romero, CC BY 2.0.
The Great Market Hall or Central Market Hall, Market Hall I is the largest and oldest indoor market in Budapest, Hungary. The idea of building such a large market hall arose from the first mayor of Budapest, Károly Kamermayer, and it was his largest investment. Great Market Hall is situated 310 metres east of 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 360 metres southwest of Liberty Bridge.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pest and Budapest’s Palace District.
Pest
Suburb
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Budapest’s Palace District
Suburb
Budapest's Palotanegyed forms an inner part of Pest, the eastern half of Budapest. Known until the communist period as the ‘Magnates’ Quarter’, it consists of the most westerly part of the city's Eighth District, or Józsefváros, which was named on 7 November 1777 after Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria, who reigned 1765-1790.
Tabán
Suburb
The Tabán usually refers to an area within the 1st district of Budapest, the capital of Hungary. It lies on the Buda side of the Danube, to the south of György Dózsa Square, on the northern side of Elisabeth Bridge and to the east of Naphegy.
Liberty Bridge
- Categories: cantilever bridge, road-rail bridge, tram bridge, and transportation
- Location: Budapest, Central Hungary, Hungary, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.48573° or 47° 29′ 9″ northLongitude
19.05492° or 19° 3′ 18″ eastElevation
96 metres (315 feet)Open location code
8FVXF3P3+7XOpenStreetMap ID
way 197315957OpenStreetMap feature
man_made=bridge
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Vietnamese—“Liberty Bridge” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “جسر الحرية (بودابست)”
- Arabic: “جسر الحرية”
- Armenian: “Ազատության կամուրջ (Բուդապեշտ)”
- Armenian: “Ազատության կամուրջ”
- Azerbaijani: “Azadlıq körpüsü (Budapeşt)”
- Azerbaijani: “Azadlıq körpüsü”
- Basque: “Askatasunaren zubia”
- Bulgarian: “Мост на свободата (Будапеща)”
- Bulgarian: “Мост на свободата”
- Chinese: “自由桥”
- Croatian: “Most slobode (Budimpešta)”
- Croatian: “Most Szabadság”
- Czech: “most Svobody”
- Czech: “Szabadság híd”
- Dutch: “Vrijheidsbrug (Boedapest)”
- Dutch: “Vrijheidsbrug”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كوبرى الحريه (كوبرى فى المجر)”
- Egyptian Arabic: “كوبرى الحريه”
- Esperanto: “Ponto Szabadság”
- Estonian: “Vabadussild (Budapest)”
- Estonian: “Vabadussild”
- Finnish: “Vapaudensilta (Budapest)”
- Finnish: “Vapaudensilta”
- French: “pont de la Liberté”
- French: “Pont de la Liberté”
- German: “Brücke am Zollamtsplatz”
- German: “Franz-Joseph-Brücke”
- German: “Freiheitsbrücke (Budapest)”
- German: “Freiheitsbrücke”
- Hebrew: “גשר החירות (בודפשט)”
- Hebrew: “גשר החירות”
- Hungarian: “Ferenc József híd”
- Hungarian: “Ferenc József Híd” (historical)
- Hungarian: “Fővám téri híd”
- Hungarian: “Szabadság híd”
- Hungarian: “Vámház téri híd”
- Italian: “ponte della Libertà (Budapest)”
- Italian: “ponte della Libertà”
- Italian: “Ponte della Libertà”
- Japanese: “サバドシャーグ橋”
- Japanese: “自由橋”
- Korean: “서버차그 다리”
- Korean: “서버차그교”
- Korean: “자유의 다리”
- Latvian: “Brīvības tilts”
- Persian: “پل آزادی (بوداپست)”
- Persian: “پل آزادی”
- Polish: “Most Wolności w Budapeszcie”
- Portuguese: “Ponte Szabadság”
- Romanian: “Podul Libertății din Budapesta”
- Russian: “Мост Свободы (Будапешт)”
- Russian: “мост Свободы”
- Russian: “Мост Свободы”
- Serbian: “Most slobode”
- Serbian: “Мост слободе у Будимпешти”
- Serbian: “Мост слободе”
- Slovenian: “Most svobode, Budimpešta”
- Spanish: “puente de la Libertad (Budapest)”
- Spanish: “puente de la Libertad”
- Spanish: “Puente de la Libertad”
- Swedish: “Frihetsbron, Budapest”
- Swedish: “Frihetsbron”
- Swedish: “Szabadság híd”
- Turkish: “Özgürlük Köprüsü (Budapeşte)”
- Turkish: “Özgürlük Köprüsü”
- Ukrainian: “Міст Свободи (Будапешт)”
- Ukrainian: “Міст Свободи”
- Vietnamese: “Cầu Tự do (Budapest)”
- Vietnamese: “Cầu Tự do”
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