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Budapest, Erzsébet bridge, towards Buda

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Budapest, Erzsébet hid, Buda felé

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Tabán is a district of Budapest, to the south of György Dózsa Square, on the northern Buda side of Elisabeth Bridge to the east of Naphegy. Maps: *Meyers Lexikon (1905) on the right: *Google-Maps Satellite - streets on the Map: **Kereszt Street was the center of old Tabán. **near Naphegy Street and Kereszt Street Memorial 1956 Hungarian Revolution **near Hadnagy Street Rácz fürdő. **near Apród Street museum: Semmelweiss Orvostöténeti Múzeum. History: The Tabán has been inhabited since Neolithic times, due to its location in a protected valley, the thermal waters at the bottom of the Gellért Hill and the ford over the Danube. In the Iron Age, it was inhabited by a tribe of Celts, who were replaced by the Romans in the 1st Century BC. In the Middle Ages, the Tabán was a village right under the Buda Castle. The Turks developed the thermal medicinal baths in the area and brought immigrants from the Balkans. The population increased after the liberation of Hungary from the Turks as ... Read more about Tabán on Wikipedia

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