Ferenciek tere (English: Square of the

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) is a square and junction in

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. In addition to being the site of a station on the M3 (North-South) line of the

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, it is an important public transport junction for the BKV bus line number 7, which connects Pest and southern Buda. The place is right in the middle of the city. The fashionable shopping avenue Váci utca opens from there. The square hosts an internationally recognized gourmet restaurant and a bookstore-publisher complex for

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is a five-minute walk from the Metro.

History

The square is the site of the Inner City Franciscan Church, first built in 1743, for which it gets its name. The square was formally named ''Kígyó tér'' in 1874, then renamed ''Apponyi tér'' (for

Albert Apponyi Albert György Gyula Mária Apponyi, Count of Nagyappony ( hu, Gróf nagyapponyi Apponyi Albert György Gyula Mária; 29 May 18467 February 1933) was a Hungarian aristocrat and politician. He was a board member of the Hungarian Academy of Sc ...

) in 1921, then ''Felszabadulás tér'' (Liberation Square) in 1953, then its earlier name of ''Ferenciek tere'' in 1991.Ferenciek tere
at szeretlekmagyarorszag.hu

Gallery

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References

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