Angyalföld ( German : Engelsfeld ; literally: "Angel's Field or Angel Land") is a neighbourhood in Budapest , Hungary . Administratively it belongs to the 13th district . The traditionally working-class neighbourhood went through a process of gentrification due to the office-building boom of the 1990s.
17-511: Angyalföld is located in the northern part of Pest , between the Danube and the railway lines. The borders of Angyalföld are: the railway line from the Danube - Új Palotai út - Dugonics utca - Madridi utca - Szent László út - Kámfor utca - Tatai utca - Szegedi út - railway line towards Vác - Bulcsu utca - Lehel utca - Lehel tér (eastern and western sides) - Váci út - Meder utca - the Danube until
34-629: A reference to Harry Houdini , and also appears in Dan Brown 's novel Origin and in Syfy channel's 12 Monkeys Season Two premiere episode in April 2016. It also appears at the beginning of the video for Katy Perry's song " Firework ", and K-pop vocal duo Davichi's music video for the song "Cry Again". According to a Hungarian legend , the lions of Széchenyi Chain Bridge have no tongues. This legend
51-653: Is a larger-scale version of Tierney Clark's earlier Marlow Bridge , across the River Thames in Marlow , England, and was designed in sections and shipped from the United Kingdom to Hungary for final construction. It was funded to a considerable extent by the Greek merchant Georgios Sinas who had financial and land interests in the city and whose name is inscribed on the base of the south-western foundation of
68-544: Is the part of Budapest , the capital city of Hungary , that lies on the eastern bank of the Danube . Pest was administratively unified with Buda and Óbuda in 1873; prior to this, it was an independent city. In colloquial Hungarian , "Pest" is sometimes also used pars pro toto to refer to Budapest as a whole. Comprising about two-thirds of the city's area, Pest is flatter and much more heavily urbanized than Buda. Many of Budapest's most notable sites are in Pest, including
85-656: The Inner City ( Hungarian : Belváros ), the Parliament ( Országház ), the Opera , the Great Market Hall , Heroes' Square , and Andrássy Avenue . According to Ptolemy the settlement was called Pession in antiquity ( Contra-Aquincum ). Alternatively, the name Pest may have come from a Slavic word meaning "furnace", "oven" (Bulgarian пещ [ˈpɛʃt] ; Serbian пећ / peć ; Croatian peć ), related to
102-734: The Zero Kilometre Stone and the lower end of the Castle Hill Funicular , leading to Buda Castle . The bridge bears the name of István Széchenyi , a major supporter of its construction, but is most commonly known as the "Chain Bridge". At the time of its construction, it was regarded as a marvel of modern engineering. Its decorations are made of cast iron . The bridge was designed by English engineer William Tierney Clark in 1839, following an initiative by Count István Széchenyi , with construction supervised locally by Scottish engineer Adam Clark (no relation). It
119-502: The Chain bridge lions. The bridge was given its current name in 1898. The bridge's cast-iron structure was updated and strengthened in 1914. In World War II, the bridge was blown up on 18 January 1945 by the retreating Germans during the Siege of Budapest , with only the towers remaining. It was rebuilt, and reopened in 1949. The inscription on each side of the bridge is to "Clark Adam",
136-521: The bridge builder's name in the local Eastern name order . A plaque on the Pest side of the river reads "To commemorate the only two surviving bridges designed by William Tierney Clark: The Széchenyi Chain Bridge over the Danube at Budapest and the suspension bridge over the Thames at Marlow , England." The bridge was closed for traffic between March 2021 and August 2023 for renovations; In 2001 Hungarian stunt pilot Péter Besenyei flew upside down under
153-682: The bridge on the Buda side. The bridge opened in 1849, after the Hungarian Revolution of 1848 , becoming the first permanent bridge in the Hungarian capital. At the time, its centre span of 202 metres (663 ft) was one of the largest in the world . The lions at each of the abutments were carved in stone by the sculptor János Marschalkó [ hu ] and installed in 1852. The bronze lions of Trafalgar Square (commissioned in 1858 and installed in 1867) are similar in design to
170-704: The bridge, a manoeuvre that became a standard in Red Bull air races today. The bridge is featured in the films Music Box , I Spy , Au Pair , Walking with the Enemy and Spy , and is the setting of the climax in the Bollywood blockbuster Hum Dil De Chuke Sanam . The bridge appears in the opening shots of the 2021 Black Widow trailer, and season two of Baptiste . The bridge featured prominently in Matthew Barney 's Cremaster 5 , serving as
187-614: The capital of Hungary . Designed by English engineer William Tierney Clark and built by Scottish engineer Adam Clark , it was the first permanent bridge across the Danube in Hungary . It was opened in 1849. It is anchored on the Pest side of the river to Széchenyi Square (formerly Roosevelt Square), adjacent to the Gresham Palace and the Hungarian Academy of Sciences , and on the Buda side to Adam Clark Square, near
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#1732773378678204-512: The name Angyalföld can be its direct translation. It had a narrower meaning because the names of three smaller neighbourhoods ( Erdőtelkek , Felsőbikarét , Lőportárdűlő ) were not revived after 1990. They became part of Angyalföld. 47°32′N 19°04′E / 47.533°N 19.067°E / 47.533; 19.067 This Budapest location article is a stub . You can help Misplaced Pages by expanding it . Pest, Hungary Pest ( Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈpɛʃt] )
221-462: The original Roman camp can still be seen at Március 15. tér. During the Middle Ages, Pest was an independent city separate from Buda/Ofen, which became an important economic center during the 11th–13th centuries. The first written mention dates back to 1148. Pest was destroyed in 1241 Mongol invasion of Hungary , but was rebuilt shortly thereafter. Demographically, in the 15th century Pest
238-509: The railway line. The original German name of the area, Engelsfeld was first mentioned in the 1830s. The origin of the name is uncertain. Most probable it relates to the Engl family, originally from South Tirol. The name Engl can be found in the register of population of the outskirts of Terézváros, drawn up during the census of the 1770s. In this register Stefan Engl was registered as old vineyard owner. Since his lands maybe were called Engelsfeld,
255-575: The two cities were unified with Óbuda to become Budapest . 47°30′N 19°6′E / 47.500°N 19.100°E / 47.500; 19.100 Sz%C3%A9chenyi Chain Bridge The Széchenyi Chain Bridge ( Hungarian : Széchenyi lánchíd [ˈseːt͡ʃeːɲi ˈlaːnt͡shiːd] ) is a chain bridge that spans the River Danube between Buda and Pest , the western and eastern sides of Budapest ,
272-537: The word пещера (meaning "cave"), probably with reference to a local cave where fire burned. The spelling Pesth was occasionally used in English, even as late as the early 20th century, although it is now considered archaic. Pest was originally founded as a Celtic settlement, then a fortified camp established by the Romans (Contra-Aquincum) across the river from their military border camp at Aquincum . Remains of
289-502: Was mostly Hungarian, while Buda across the Danube had a German-majority population. In 1838 Pest was flooded by the Danube ; parts of the city were under as much as eight feet of water, and the flood destroyed or seriously damaged three-fourths of the city's buildings. In 1849 the first suspension bridge, the Széchenyi Chain Bridge , was constructed across the Danube connecting Pest with Buda . Subsequently, in 1873,
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