1908 BUDAPEST HUNGARY PC Postcard STATIONS CROSS Hungarian MAGYAR Cancel MARK

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Christmas postcard postmarked in Budapest, 1908.
Addressed to Leo Logan who was the brother of famous American General Edward L. Logan (namesake of Boston's Logan International Airport).
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Budapest
[8]
(
Hungarian:
[ˈbudɒpɛʃt]
(
listen
)
;
names in other languages
) is the capital and the largest city of
Hungary
,
[9]
and
one of the largest cities
[10]
in the
European Union
. It is the country's principal
political
,
cultural
,
commercial
,
industrial
, and
transportation
centre,
[11]
sometimes described as the
primate city
of Hungary.
[12]
According to the census, in 2011 Budapest had 1.74 million inhabitants,
[13]
down from its 1989 peak of 2.1 million
[14]
due to suburbanisation.
[15]
The
Budapest Metropolitan Area
is home to 3.3 million people.
[16]
[17]
The city covers an area of 525 square kilometres (202.7 sq mi).
[18]
Budapest became a single city occupying both banks of the river
Danube
with the unification of
Buda
and
Óbuda
on the west bank, with
Pest
on the east bank on 17 November 1873.
[18]
[19]
The history of Budapest began with
Aquincum
, originally a
Celtic
settlement
[20]
[21]
that became the
Roman
capital of
Lower Pannonia
.
[20]
Hungarians
arrived in the territory
[22]
in the 9th century. Their first settlement was pillaged by the
Mongols
in 1241–42.
[23]
The re-established town became one of the centres of
Renaissance humanist
culture
[24]
by the 15th century.
[25]
Following the
Battle of Mohács
and nearly 150 years of
Ottoman
rule,
[26]
the region entered a new age of prosperity in the 18th and 19th centuries, and Budapest became a
global city
after its unification in 1873.
[27]
It also became the second capital of the
Austro-Hungarian Empire
, a
great power
that dissolved in 1918, following World War I. Budapest was the focal point of the
Hungarian Revolution of 1848
, the
Hungarian Republic of Councils
in 1919, the
Battle of Budapest
in 1945, and the
Revolution of 1956
.
Cited as one of the most beautiful cities in
Europe
,
[9]
[28]
[29]
Budapest's extensive
World Heritage Site
includes the banks of the
Danube
, the
Buda Castle
Quarter,
Andrássy Avenue
,
Heroes' Square
and the
Millennium Underground Railway
, the second-oldest
metro line
in the world.
[28]
[30]
It has around 80 geothermal
springs
,
[31]
the world's largest thermal water cave system,
[32]
second largest
synagogue
, and third largest
Parliament
building. The city attracts about 4.4 million tourists a year, making it the 25th most popular city in the world, and the 6th in
Europe
, according to
Euromonitor
.
[33]
Considered a financial hub in
Central Europe
,
[34]
the city ranked third on
Mastercard
's
Emerging Markets Index
,
[35]
and ranked as the most liveable Central or Eastern European city on
EIU
's
quality of life
index.
[36]
[37]
It is also ranked as "the world's second best city" by
Condé Nast Traveler
,
[38]
and "Europe's 7th most idyllic place to live" by
Forbes
.
[39]
It is the highest ranked Central/Eastern European city on Innovation Cities' Top 100 index.
[40]
[41]
Budapest is home to the headquarters of the
European Institute of Innovation and Technology
(EIT),
[42]
the
European Police College
(CEPOL)
[43]
and the first foreign office of the
China Investment Promotion Agency
(CIPA).
[44]
Eighteen universities are situated in Budapest, including the
Central European University
,
Eötvös Loránd University
and the
Budapest University of Technology and Economics
.
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