Belváros
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.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: neighborhood
- Description: downtown of Budapest, Hungary
- Also known as: “Belvaros”, “Inner City”, and “Innerstadt Budapest”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Hungarian State Opera House and Széchenyi Chain Bridge.
Hungarian State Opera House
Theater building
The Hungarian State Opera House is a historic opera house located in central Budapest, on Andrássy avenue. Originally known as the Hungarian Royal Opera House, it was designed by Miklós Ybl, a major figure of 19th-century Hungarian architecture.
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.
St. Stephen’s Basilica
Church
Photo: Leandro Neumann Ciuffo, CC BY 2.0.
St. Stephen's Basilica is a Roman Catholic basilica in Budapest, Hungary. It is named in honour of Stephen, the first King of Hungary, whose right hand is housed in the reliquary.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Budavár and Terézváros.
Budavár
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Terézváros
Terézváros is the traditional name of the VI. district of Budapest. "Teréz" refers to Empress Maria Theresa of Austria and Hungary.
Víziváros
Photo: Tsy1980, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Víziváros is in Budapest. This article describes the outer part of the 1st district, which includes parts of Gellérthegy, Krisztinaváros, Tabán and Víziváros.
Belváros
- Location: Budapest, Central Hungary, Hungary, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.498° or 47° 29′ 53″ northLongitude
19.052° or 19° 3′ 7″ eastOpen location code
8FVXF3X2+5QWikidata ID
Q648004
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Ukrainian—“Belváros” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “Belváros”
- Dutch: “Binnenstad van Boedapest”
- Estonian: “Belváros”
- Finnish: “Belváros”
- French: “Belváros”
- Hebrew: “בלווארוש”
- Hungarian: “Belváros”
- Indonesian: “Belváros”
- Italian: “Belváros”
- Japanese: “ベルヴァーロシュ”
- Russian: “Бельварош”
- Swedish: “Belváros”
- Swedish: “Budapests innerstad”
- Swedish: “Innerstadt Budapest”
- Turkish: “Belváros”
- Ukrainian: “Белварош”
- Ukrainian: “Будапешт/Белварош”
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