Destination: HUNGARY
Sights * Budai Vár * Budavári Labirintus * Gellért-hegy * Halászbástya * Hősök tere * Magyar Állami Operaház * Magyar Nemzeti Múzeum * Mátyás-templom * Országház * Szent István-bazilika * Szépművészeti Múzeum * Városliget	Gellért-hegy Bishop Gellért failed to convert the pagan Magyars to Christianity; legend has it they stuck him in a barrel and threw him into the river from this 771-foot-high limestone cliff. His statue stands at the bottom of Gellért-hegy (Gellert Hill). At the top is the Citadella, a stronghold built after the 1848-49 War of Independence to keep an eye on the restive citizens. The Freedom Monument, also at the top, was erected by the Russians in 1947. Before the fall of Communism, the monument featured a Soviet soldier as well as the now lone woman brandishing a palm leaf. Address: Between Erzsébet híd (Elizabeth Bridge) and Szabadság híd (Freedom Bridge) Restaurant: Duna Bus: 27; tram 18, 19, 47, 49	COUNTRY Hungary REGION CITIES Budapest   Things To Know   Sights   Essential Info   Features MAPS World Europe TRAVEL BOOK