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THE MARGARET ISLAND The island was named in the 1300s after Princess Margaret of the House of Árpád, daughter of King Béla IV, who lived here in the 13th century in a convent of the Dominican order. Remains of the convent can still be found today . Previously the island was referred to in written records as Annunciation Island and Rabbit Island. In 1686, Margaret Island was still comprised off three sections. On the initiative of Archduke Alexander Leopold, magnificent parks, botanical gardens and wooded groves were established at the beginning of the 19th century. At the end of 1866, mining engineer Vilmos Zsigmondy began drilling an artesian well, and a few months later medicinal waters at 43 degrees broke forth from a depth of 1200 metres. Thanks to this, development of the island as a bathing resort began . On the basis of design work by Miklós Ybl, the three islands were united and the medicinal baths were completed, as well 6
as the Large Grand Hotel and several small villas. As the island was regularly engulfed by floods which caused major damage, the land was banked up with soil thus raising the level by more than two metres. The island could only be approached by boat until 1900, and then the side branch of Margaret Bridge was built leading to the island. The 2800 metre long island with an area of 96.5 hectares is linked at its other end with the Pest and Buda banks of the Danube by the Árpád Bridge built in 1950. 7
Page 1 and 2: THE PARLIAMENT Over centuries, the
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Page 5: The bridge was originally 11 metres
Page 9 and 10: NEW YORK PALACE T he building of th
Page 11 and 12: Added in 1852, The stone statues of
Page 13 and 14: Reconstruction work on the palace s
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Page 19 and 20: tion of Matthias Church and elabora
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Page 23 and 24: HUNGARIAN STATE OPERA HOUSE S eptem
Page 25 and 26: MOLIN ROUGE K nown as the citadel o
Page 27 and 28: ARTIST COFFEE SHOP T he Artist Coff
Page 29 and 30: Although the road was soon complete
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Page 33 and 34: THE VAJDAHUNYAD CASTLE The end of t
Page 35 and 36: SZÉCHENYI BATH This magnificent bu
Page 37 and 38: ELIZABETH BRIDGE The first steps on
Page 39 and 40: GELLÉRT HILL Legend has it that th
Page 41 and 42: GELLÉRT HOTEL AND SPA The history
Page 43 and 44: GREAT / CENTRAL MARKET HALL Aiming
Page 45 and 46: GERBEAUD The legendary Gerbeaud (Ca
Page 47 and 48: WESTERN RAILWAY STATION T he old st

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