| View of river and chain bridge, looking north from Citadella sétány (fortress atop Gellért hegy, on the Buda side). |
Chain Bridge over the river Danube between Pest and Buda, designed by William Tierney Clark and built by Adam Clark; opened in 1849. In 1989 people demonstrated on the chain bridge for freedom and independence; it has since become a symbol of Hungarian liberty). |
Hungarian Parliament, or “House of the Nation” (Az Ország Háza), built between 1880 and 1902 to the designs of Imre Steindl; has become the symbol of the capital. |
