Showing posts with label Hungary. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Hungary. Show all posts

Aug 24, 2010

Hungary. Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue


Date of Inscription: 1987
Extension: 2002
Criteria: (ii)(iv)
Property : 473.3000 ha
Buffer zone: 493.8000 ha
Budapest
N47 28 56.712 E19 4 14.412
Ref: 400bis  

This site has the remains of monuments such as the Roman city of Aquincum and the Gothic castle of Buda, which have had a considerable influence on the architecture of various periods. It is one of the world's outstanding urban landscapes and illustrates the great periods in the history of the Hungarian capital.

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/400

Thanks to Natalie!