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: Cave
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: church
- Also known as: “Gellert Hill Cave”, “Gellért-hegyi Sziklatemplom”, and “Gellérthegyi-barlang”
- Address: Szent Gellért rakpart 1, Budapest, 1114
- Wheelchair access: yes
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 150 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 230 metres northeast of Gellért Hill Cave.
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 540 metres east of Gellért Hill Cave.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Tabán and Pest.
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.
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.
Gellért Hill Cave
- Categories: cave church, Catholic church building, tourism, tourist attraction, place of worship, and landform
- Location: Budapest, Central Hungary, Hungary, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.48493° or 47° 29′ 6″ northLongitude
19.05217° or 19° 3′ 8″ eastInception
1931Height
14 metres (46 feet)Open location code
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wheelchair=yesWikidata ID
Q839142
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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: “Magyarok Nagyasszonya Sziklatemplom”
- 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”
- Russian: “Пещерная церковь”
- Spanish: “Iglesia Rupestre de Budapest”
- Turkish: “Gellért Tepesi Mağarası”
- Ukrainian: “Скельна церква Матері Божої”
- Uzbek: “Gellért tepaligidagi gʻor”
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