City Park (Budapest)

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The Széchenyi Thermal Bath
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The City Park Ice Rink with Vajdahunyad Castle in the background

The City Park (Template:Langx, Script error: No such module "IPA".; Template:Langx) is a public park close to the centre of Budapest, Hungary. It is a Script error: No such module "convert". rectangle, with an area of Script error: No such module "convert".,[1][2] located in District XIV of Budapest, between Hungária körút, Ajtósi Dürer sor, Vágány utca and Dózsa György út. Its main entrance is at Heroes' Square (Hősök tere), one of Hungary's World Heritage sites.

Map

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  1. – Gundel Restaurant
  2. – Municipal Zoological and Botanical Garden
  3. – Municipal Grand Circus
  4. – Former Amusement Park
  5. – Széchenyi Medicinal Baths and Swimming Pool
  6. – Vajdahunyad Castle
  7. – Former Petőfi Hall
  8. – Former Transport Museum of Budapest
  9. – Heroes' Square
  10. – Museum of Fine Arts
  11. – Palace of Art

Updated Map 2022[3]

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 family. The first trees and planned 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. Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

History

The City Park was the main venue of the 1896 millennium celebrations of Hungary, by which time Andrássy Avenue, Millennium Underground and the Grand Boulevard had been built. Városliget (Budapest City Park) museum additions and renewal Liget Project[4]

Sports

The park hosted motorsport events in the 1950s. Script error: No such module "Unsubst".

Main sights

City Park includes the following sights:[5]

See also

References

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External links

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