Budapest
Budapest
(Buda, brother of Attila; Old Slavic: pesti, oven)
Capital of Hungary, comprising Buda on the right bank of the Danube and Pest on the left, which were united on 17 November 1873 . Old Buda, originally a Roman colony, Aquincum, was captured by the Magyars in the 10th century . The Turks held it from 1541 to 1686 , during which Pest was almost destroyed. The city made great progress in the 19th century . Among buildings of Catholic interest are the Coronation or Matthias church, begun in the 13th century and finished in the 15th , and the Saint Stephen Basilica. The predominant religion is Catholic , of which there was a remarkable revival since World War I. Budapest is included in the Archdiocese of Gran.
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