City Park (Budapest)

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The City Park ({{langx|hu|Városliget}}, {{IPA|hu|ˈvaːroʃliɡɛt|pron}}; {{langx|de|Stadtwäldchen}}) is a public park close to the centre of Budapest, Hungary. It is a {{convert|0.9|by|0.6|mi|m|sigfig=2|adj=on}} rectangle, with an area of {{convert|302|acre|km2|sigfig=2|abbr=on}},{{cite web|url=http://www.aviewoncities.com/budapest/varosliget.htm|title=City Park, Budapest|work=aviewoncities.com|access-date=17 January 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190213082056/http://www.aviewoncities.com/budapest/varosliget.htm|archive-date=13 February 2019|url-status=dead}}[https://www.mapdevelopers.com/area_finder.php?polygons=%5B%5B%5B%5B47.51797432361902%2C19.073261936847942%5D%2C%5B47.518804868503615%2C19.07526018264589%5D%2C%5B47.51963177744831%2C19.07727452169793%5D%2C%5B47.52046410746379%2C19.079290201854477%5D%2C%5B47.52125295212116%2C19.08128174212989%5D%2C%5B47.52141597273277%2C19.081920107875433%5D%2C%5B47.521495671406015%2C19.082563838039007%5D%2C%5B47.52153189803564%2C19.08301444882609%5D%2C%5B47.52155725644036%2C19.083497246448772%5D%2C%5B47.521575369958164%2C19.08391298884608%5D%2C%5B47.52135348164308%2C19.08425698215224%5D%2C%5B47.52112072432026%2C19.084635844175594%5D%2C%5B47.520651583854274%2C19.085361381714122%5D%2C%5B47.520131720600034%2C19.08619823092677%5D%2C%5B47.52005745377935%2C19.086300154869335%5D%2C%5B47.520013980709635%2C19.08637123340823%5D%2C%5B47.51995601652372%2C19.08642353648402%5D%2C%5B47.51980929411215%2C19.086482545082347%5D%2C%5B47.5196806852411%2C19.08652277838128%5D%2C%5B47.51952128225913%2C19.08652814296302%5D%2C%5B47.519351010357106%2C19.08649059203681%5D%2C%5B47.51924957151446%2C19.086426218693035%5D%2C%5B47.519126395513524%2C19.086340388004558%5D%2C%5B47.51901771056655%2C19.086230417434948%5D%2C%5B47.518932573867374%2C19.08606680268504%5D%2C%5B47.5188311342158%2C19.08583076829173%5D%2C%5B47.51872063722927%2C19.08555718297221%5D%2C%5B47.51864999127189%2C19.08538820380427%5D%2C%5B47.514959978110674%2C19.09078212613322%5D%2C%5B47.51340201532016%2C19.093088825886028%5D%2C%5B47.51294548722842%2C19.09379692906596%5D%2C%5B47.510865697885386%2C19.09103961819865%5D%2C%5B47.50769875233126%2C19.086930473987834%5D%2C%5B47.507646209861015%2C19.0868339144633%5D%2C%5B47.50759547915029%2C19.08679099911906%5D%2C%5B47.50753025387859%2C19.086699804012554%5D%2C%5B47.50739617945456%2C19.086514731590526%5D%2C%5B47.506843571795066%2C19.085854908172863%5D%2C%5B47.507399803092234%2C19.08525141114451%5D%2C%5B47.50792069839245%2C19.08468948835589%5D%2C%5B47.50841803534179%2C19.08416511649348%5D%2C%5B47.50884561452574%2C19.08367695445277%5D%2C%5B47.50937646010637%2C19.08307882184245%5D%2C%5B47.5096880802667%2C19.082730134670513%5D%2C%5B47.51007579102864%2C19.08227952355601%5D%2C%5B47.51066278697495%2C19.08157142037608%5D%2C%5B47.511171421051415%2C19.080973287765758%5D%2C%5B47.5117959970128%2C19.08026250237681%5D%2C%5B47.51269004715978%2C19.07926472062327%5D%2C%5B47.51286215230833%2C19.0790716015742%5D%2C%5B47.51340563854487%2C19.07845737570979%5D%2C%5B47.5137154231812%2C19.078107347433345%5D%2C%5B47.514128466518244%2C19.07769562834956%5D%2C%5B47.51499439769894%2C19.076515456383007%5D%2C%5B47.51621356110099%2C19.075182398502605%5D%2C%5B47.51634398998076%2C19.07512204879977%5D%2C%5B47.516458114984665%2C19.075056334678905%5D%2C%5B47.517552253217865%2C19.073734005634563%5D%2C%5B47.51775694872911%2C19.073492606823223%5D%2C%5B47.51796345489581%2C19.073251208011882%5D%2C%5B47.51797432361902%2C19.073261936847942%5D%5D%2C%22%23AAAAAA%22%2C%22%23000000%22%2C0.4%5D%5D MapDevelopers.com] (the area is displayed after clicking the inside of the selected polygon) located in District XIV of Budapest, between Hungária körút, Ajtósi Dürer sor, Vágány utca and Dózsa György út. Its main entrance is at Heroes' Square (Hősök tere), one of Hungary's World Heritage sites.

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– Gundel Restaurant
– Municipal Zoological and Botanical Garden
– Municipal Grand Circus
– Former Amusement Park
– Széchenyi Medicinal Baths and Swimming Pool
– Vajdahunyad Castle
– Former Petőfi Hall
– Former Transport Museum of Budapest
– Heroes' Square
– Museum of Fine Arts
– Palace of Art

[https://ligetbudapest.hu/en/map Updated Map 2022]{{Cite web |title=Map of Városliget |url=https://ligetbudapest.hu/en/map |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=ligetbudapest.hu |language=en}}

Name

The area was formerly called Ökör-dűlő, meaning "Oxmeadow". The first mention of the name comes from 1241 in the archaic form, Ukurföld. In the 18th century, the area was called Ochsenried in German. Around 1800 the official name was changed to Batthyány-erdő (Batthyány Forest) after its tenants, the Batthyány family. The first trees and planned walkways were established in 1751 and after the public park was created in the first decades of the 19th century the present-day name, Városliget (and its German version, Stadtwäldchen, lit.: "little city forest") was accepted and it became one of the first public parks in the world. {{citation needed|date=March 2016}}

History

The City Park was the main venue of the 1896 millennium celebrations of Hungary, by which time Andrássy Avenue, Millennium Underground and the Grand Boulevard had been built. Városliget (Budapest City Park) museum additions and renewal [https://ligetbudapest.hu/en/the-project Liget Project]{{Cite web |title=About Liget Budapest projekt |url=https://ligetbudapest.hu/en/the-project |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=ligetbudapest.hu |language=en}}

Sports

The park hosted motorsport events in the 1950s. {{citation needed|date=March 2016}}

Main sights

City Park includes the following sights:{{cite web|url=http://www.budapest.com/city_guide/sights/parks/city_park.en.html|title=City Park|publisher=Budapest.com|access-date=27 March 2016}}

Vajdahunyad Castle, opened in 1896
Széchenyi thermal bath
Budapest Zoo, including the Elephant House
Municipal Circus, opened in 1891
Gundel Restaurant, opened in 1894
Budapest Circus Building{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ILriR0uklVw |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211213/ILriR0uklVw |archive-date=2021-12-13 |url-status=live|title=Budapest Circus |publisher=Youtube |access-date=4 October 2016}}{{cbignore}}[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MXFg8K2QpSM Youtube, Budapest Circus Lion Act]{{Cite web |url=http://www.budapestagent.com/budapest-circus.html |title=budapestagent.com, Budapest Circus |access-date=2016-10-17 |archive-date=2018-09-13 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180913112135/http://www.budapestagent.com/budapest-circus.html |url-status=dead }}
[https://ligetbudapest.hu/en/renewed-varosliget/house-of-hungarian-music House of Music, Hungary] opened January 2022{{Citation |title=Inside the jaw-dropping House of Hungarian Music |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uXo56hW4Lks |language=en |access-date=2022-08-16}}{{Cite news |last=Novak |first=Benjamin |date=2022-02-02 |title=A Music Museum Opens in the Heart of Hungary's Culture Wars |language=en-US |work=The New York Times |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2022/02/02/arts/music/house-of-music-budapest-hungary.html |access-date=2022-08-16 |issn=0362-4331}}
[https://ligetbudapest.hu/en/news/new-museum-of-ethnography-building-in-the-city-park-opens Museum of Ethnography], opened 23 May 2022{{Cite web |title=New Museum of Ethnography building in the City Park opens |url=https://ligetbudapest.hu/en/news/new-museum-of-ethnography-building-in-the-city-park-opens |access-date=2022-08-16 |website=ligetbudapest.hu |language=en}}

References

External links

[http://www.iit.bme.hu/hungary/budapest/bptour/bppark.htm Budapest Page on Városliget]

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Category:Zugló

Category:Parks in Budapest