Margaret Island Water Tower
Margaret Island Water Tower is a water tower in Budapest, Central Hungary. Margaret Island Water Tower is situated nearby to the theater building Open Air Theatre, as well as near the ruins Kolostorrom.Photo: Darkone, CC BY-SA 2.0.
- Opening hours: 11:00 AM—7:00 PM
- Type: Tourist attraction
- Also known as: “Margitszigeti Víztorony”
- Address: 23800/3
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Dominican convent and Premonstratensian Church St.Michael.
Dominican convent
Photo: Civertan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dominican convent is situated 160 metres southeast of Margaret Island Water Tower.
Premonstratensian Church St.Michael
Church
Photo: Schwarzweisz, CC0.
Premonstratensian Church St.Michael is situated 130 metres northeast of Margaret Island Water Tower.
Aquincum
Archaeological site
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Margaret Island and Óbuda.
Margaret Island
Suburb
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 1.0 fi.
Margaret Island is a 2.5 km long island, 500 m wide, in the middle of the Danube in central Budapest, Hungary. The island is mostly covered by landscape parks, and is a popular recreational area.
Óbuda
Photo: Christo, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Óbuda is, together with Buda and Pest, one of the three cities that were unified to form the Hungarian capital city of Budapest in 1873. Today, together with Békásmegyer, Óbuda forms a part of the city's third district, although the toponym is also sometimes used for northern Buda as a whole.
Vizafogó
Suburb
Vizafogó is a neighborhood in the 13th district of Budapest. It lies between the Danube and Váci út, north of Újlipótváros, extending to Dráva Street in the south and Meder Street in the north.
Margaret Island Water Tower
- Categories: water tower, building, tourism, historic site, and historic building
- Location: Budapest, Central Hungary, Hungary, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.53023° or 47° 31′ 49″ northLongitude
19.05011° or 19° 3′ 0″ eastInception
1911Height
57 metres (187 feet)Open location code
8FVXG3J2+32OpenStreetMap ID
way 135302046OpenStreetMap feature
building=water_towerOpenStreetMap feature
historic=buildingOpenStreetMap feature
man_made=water_towerOpenStreetMap feature
tourism=attractionWikidata ID
Q1165066
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In Other Languages
From German to Russian—“Margaret Island Water Tower” goes by many names.
- German: “Wasserturm”
- Hungarian: “Margit-szigeti víztorony”
- Russian: “Водонапорная Башня острова Маргарита”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Open Air Theatre and Kolostorrom.
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