The City Park ( hu, Városliget; german: Stadtwäldchen) is a public park close to the centre of

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. It is a rectangle, with an area of , located in District XIV of Budapest, between ''

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'', ''

Ajtósi Dürer sor Ajtósi Dürer sor is a road in the XIV. district of Budapest, Hungary, along the south-eastern edge of Városliget, between Dózsa György út and Hungária körút (Hungary Boulevard). The buildings date back from the end of the 19th century an ...

'', ''Vágány utca'' and ''Dózsa György út''. Its main entrance is at Heroes' Square (''Hősök tere''), one of Hungary's World Heritage sites.

Map

Updated Map 2022

Name

The area was formerly called ''Ökör-dűlő'', meaning "Oxmeadow". The first mention of the name comes from 1241 in the archaic form, Ukurföld. In the 18th century, the area was called ''Ochsenried'' in German. Around 1800 the official name was changed to ''Batthyány-erdő'' (Batthyány Forest) after its tenants, the

Batthyány The House of Batthyány () is the name of an ancient and distinguished Hungarian Magnate family. Members of this family bear the title Count/Countess ( Graf/Gräfin) Batthyány von Német-Ujvar respectively, while the title of Prince (Fürst) vo ...

family. The first trees and planified walkways were established in 1751 and after the public park was created in the first decades of the 19th century the present-day name, ''Városliget'' (and its German version, ''Stadtwäldchen'', lit.: "little city forest") was accepted and it became one of the first public parks in the world.

History

The City Park was the main venue of the 1896

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celebrations of Hungary, by which time

Andrássy Avenue The House of Andrássy is the name of a Hungarian noble family of very ancient lineage that was prominent in Hungarian history. The full family name is ''Andrássy de Csíkszentkirály et Krasznahorka''. ''Csíkszentkirály'' is a town in modern- ...

, Millennium Underground and the Grand Boulevard had been built. Városliget (Budapest City Park) museum additions and renewa
Liget Project

Sports

The park hosted motorsport events in the 1950s.

Main sights

City Park includes the following sights: *

Vajdahunyad Castle Vajdahunyad Castle ( Hungarian: ''Vajdahunyad vára'') is a castle in the City Park of Budapest, Hungary. It is a copy of Hunyad Castle, known as Corvin Castle (Romanian: ''Castelul Corvinilor''), in Hunedoara, Romania. It was built in 1896 as part ...

, opened in 1896 *

Széchenyi thermal bath The Széchenyi Medicinal Bath in Budapest (, hu, Széchenyi gyógyfürdő) is the largest medicinal bath in Budapest. Its water is supplied by two thermal springs, their temperature is and . Components of the thermal water include sulfate, c ...

Budapest Zoo Zoo & Botanical Garden of the Capital ( hu, Fővárosi Állat- és Növénykert) is the oldest zoo park in Hungary and one of the oldest in the world. It has 1,072 animal species and is located within Városliget Park, unusually for a zoo, it i ...

, including the Elephant House * Municipal Circus, opened in 1891 *

Gundel Restaurant Gundel is a well-known restaurant located in the Budapest City Park, Hungary. History A previous restaurant in the spot, ''Wampetich'', opened in 1894. In 1910, Károly Gundel took over the Wampetich's lease and operated the restaurant. His ...

, opened in 1894 *

Budapest Circus The Capital Circus of Budapest ( hu, Fővárosi Nagycirkusz) is a circus building located in Budapest, Hungary. It originally opened in 1889, although it has changed locations since then. Its current building opened in 1971 and is the only stone c ...

Building
House of Music, Hungary
opened January 2022
Museum of Ethnography
opened 23 May 2022

References

External links

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