The Danube Promenade ( hu, Dunakorzó) is located on the Pest side of

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. The

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itself lies on the left bank of the

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, extending from the

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to the

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History

From the middle of the 19th century the

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has developed rather fast. On the left bank of the Danube a row of hotels began to rise. These were the ''Hungária'', ''Bristol'' (''Duna Szálló''), ''Carlton'', and ''Ritz'' (''Duna palota''). Among them only ''Bristol'' survived the destruction of

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, but in 1969 the hotel was demolished. In front of the hotels an esplanade took shape that later became known as ''Dunakorzó'' (En: ''Danube Boardwalk'').

Along the esplanade

The southern end of the promenade is the Március 15 Square, where the remains of a

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, Contra-Aquincum, are displayed, The Inner City Parish Church’s simple exterior conceals a colorful past: it was built as a Romanesque

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and later was used as a

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during the Turkish occupation and was finally reconceived in the

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style in the 18th century. The center of the promenade is the Vigadó Square with the famous Vigadó Concert Hall. At the other end of the street can be found

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and the

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Important buildings and landmarks around the promenade

*Contra-Aquincum, a 4th century Roman fortress next to

*Inner City Parish Church *Vigadó Concert Hall *Gresham-palota *Hungarian Academy of Sciences next to

Sculptures

István Széchenyi Count István Széchenyi de Sárvár-Felsővidék ( hu, sárvár-felsővidéki gróf Széchenyi István, ; archaically English: Stephen Széchenyi; 21 September 1791 – 8 April 1860) was a Hungarian politician, political theorist, and wri ...

- near to the

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- 1879 sculptor Huszár Adolf *Hungarian Seaman Memorial - the anchor of "Ungvár" (copy) - Szende Pál utca *József Nádor

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* Little Princess - near to Vigadó Concert Hall - Also in Marton László sculptors garden Naphegy Tigris utca, with other works. *

Attila József Attila József (; 11 April 1905 – 3 December 1937) was one of the most famous Hungarian poets of the 20th century. Generally not recognized during his lifetime, József was hailed during the communist era of the 1950s as Hungary's great ...

- famous poet of "At the Danube" also by

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Mihály Vörösmarty Mihály Vörösmarty (archaically English: Michael Vorosmarthy 1 December 180019 November 1855) was an important Hungarian poet and dramatist. Biography He was born at Puszta-Nyék (now Kápolnásnyék), of a noble Roman Catholic family. ...

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Shoes on the Danube Promenade The Shoes on the Danube Bank () is a memorial erected on 16 April 2005, in Budapest, Hungary. Conceived by film director Can Togay, he created it on the east bank of the Danube River with sculptor to honour the Jews who were massacred by Fascism ...

Gyula Pauer and

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- April 16. 2005.

Gallery

File:Kepregidunaparticorso2.jpg, The promenade with people having a walk File:Kepregidunaparticorso1.jpg, Petőfi Sándor Square File:Danube Promenade, c. 1916.jpg, The promenade File:Hotel-Dunapartft.jpg, Grand Hotel Hungária File:Kiskiralylany.jpg, The Little Princess File:Budapest Hungarian Academy of Sciences.jpg,

File:Jozsef-Attila-szobra-P8230156.jpg, The statue of

Sources

Budapest Info www.visitbudapest.travelwww.welovebudapest.com

References

External links

Google search "Danube Promenade"Google search "Dunakorzó" (Hungarian name)

Maps

Google Map
from

Near view to Vigadó Tér and Vörösmarty tér on Google Map
*Danube Promenade on the old Map from 1905. *1905, the last years of

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