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 Aquincum.
Dominican convent
Photo: Civertan, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Dominican convent is situated 160 metres southeast of Margaret Island Water Tower.
Aquincum
Archaeological site
Aquincum was an ancient city, situated on the northeastern borders of the province of Pannonia within the Roman Empire. The ruins of the city can be found in the Óbuda district of Budapest, the capital city of Hungary. Aquincum is situated 1½ km northwest of Margaret Island Water Tower.
Árpád Bridge
Bridge
Photo: Random photos 2000, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Árpád Bridge or Árpád híd is a bridge in Budapest, Hungary, connecting northern Buda and Pest across the Danube. Until the inauguration of Megyeri Bridge in 2008, it was the longest bridge in Hungary, spanning about 2 km with the sections leading up to the bridge, and 928 m without them. Árpád Bridge is situated 1 km north of Margaret Island Water Tower.
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”
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Highlights include Open Air Theatre and Kolostorrom.
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