Hungary
Central Hungary
Budapest

Budavár

Budavár, 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.
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  • Type: Suburb
  • Description: city quarter of Budapest, Hungary
  • Also known as: “Buda Castle Quarter”, “Budai várnegyed”, “Castle District”, “Castle Quarter”, and “Várnegyed”

Places of Interest

Highlights include Széchenyi Chain Bridge and National Széchényi Library.

Photo: Alireza Javaheri, CC BY 3.0.
The is a chain bridge that spans the between and Pest, the western and eastern sides of , the capital of .

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.

Church
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The Church of the Assumption of the Buda Castle, more commonly known as the and more rarely as the Coronation Church of Buda, is a Catholic church in Holy Trinity Square, , Hungary, in front of the at the heart of .

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Víziváros and Belváros.

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is in . This article describes the outer part of the 1st district, which includes parts of Gellérthegy, Krisztinaváros, Tabán and .

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or Downtown is the V. District of . 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.

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is the traditional name of the VI. district of . "Teréz" refers to Empress Maria Theresa of Austria and Hungary.

Budavár

Latitude
47.50148° or 47° 30′ 5″ north
Longitude
19.03248° or 19° 1′ 57″ east
Open location code
8FVXG22J+HX
Open­Street­Map ID
node 367501781
Open­Street­Map feature
place=­suburb
Wiki­data ID
Q463332
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In Other Languages

From Czech to Turkish—“Budavár” goes by many names.
  • Czech: “Budai várnegyed”
  • Czech: “Budínská hradní čtvrť”
  • Czech: “Várnegyed”
  • Estonian: “Buda kindluslinnak”
  • Estonian: “Buda linnuse kvartal”
  • French: “Vár (quartier)”
  • French: “Vár”
  • German: “Burgviertel”
  • German: “Várnegyed”
  • Hebrew: “גבעת הטירה בבודפשט”
  • Hungarian: “Budai várnegyed”
  • Hungarian: “Budai Várnegyed”
  • Hungarian: “Várnegyed”
  • Italian: “Budai Várnegyed”
  • Italian: “Quartiere del Castello di Buda”
  • Italian: “Quartiere del Castello”
  • Italian: “Várnegyed”
  • Japanese: “ブダ城地区”
  • Korean: “부다성 지구”
  • Macedonian: “Варнеѓед”
  • Persian: “محله قلعه (بوداپست)”
  • Persian: “محله قلعه”
  • Slovak: “Hradná Štvrť”
  • Slovenian: “Budai várnegyed”
  • Slovenian: “Četrt gradu Buda”
  • Spanish: “Barrio del Castillo”
  • Turkish: “Budin Kalesi Semti”

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikivoyage page “Budavár”. Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.