Chain bridge hungary bridge budapest 2. The chain bridge connects the buda and pest sides of budapest across the danube river. Book sofitel budapest chain bridge budapest on tripadvisor. In world war ii the germans exploded the bridge and the bomb caused huge damage. As a tourist you need to say you crossed it.
The nearest bridge was in vienna and during wintertime the only way to cross the danube was by taking a ferry. Its construction was proposed by count istvan szechenyi. The chain bridge was the first permanent stone bridge connecting pest and buda and only the second permanent crossing on the whole length of the river danube. There is though a few differences as the charles bridge was built in the 14th century and the chain bridge.
It had to be disassembled each year to protect it against drift ice. It is one of the symbolic buildings of budapest the most widely known bridge of the hungarian capital. Szechenyi lanchid hungarian pronunciation. The chain bridge is a budapest and tourist icon.
The szechenyi chain bridge hungarian. From our perspective its also a great place to take. As a tourist you need to say you crossed it. It would like saying dont bother seeing st stephens cathedral there are other churches.
Setei lantshid is a suspension bridge that spans the river danube between buda and pest the western and eastern sides of budapest the capital of hungary. It passes through the danube from pest all the way to the stairs leading to buda castle. It is an attractive suspension bridge between the center of the two sides. The bridge has received the lions at each of the abutments in 1852 the stone lions were carved by janos marschalko.
See 6521 traveller reviews 3424 candid photos and great deals for sofitel budapest chain bridge ranked 46 of 368 hotels in budapest and rated 45 of 5 at tripadvisor. Lions of the chain bridge. Chain bridge the chain bridge was the first permanent bridge in budapest. When buda and pest were united in 1873 chain bridge symbolised budapest as one city and hungary.
A temporary bridge was only available in the summer. The chain bridge is one of the symbols of budapest. The chain bridge in budapest is probably the most famous landmark of budapest.