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Emperor Franz József Bridge,
but the Communists unsurpris-
ingly decided on a less imperial
name.
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Map L6
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Embankment Walk
This walk extends along
most of the Pest embankment,
from Liberty Bridge to Margaret
Island and beyond. Several boats
moored on the various quays
have cafés aboard, including
Columbus, one of the city's best
(see p54)
, and Spoon, one of the
newest in Budapest.
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Map B3, B4,
C5 • Spoon Café & Lounge: V, Vigadó tér
3, Port; 411 09 33; Open noon-midnight
daily; www.spooncafe.hu
The elegant Margaret Bridge
they were joined together by
ground-breaking embankment
work in the latter part of the 19th
century
(see pp18-19)
.
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Margaret Bridge
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Buda Castle Funicular
The gateway to Margaret
Island, Margit híd was built by a
Frenchman, Ernest Gouin, from
1872 to 1876, and is distinguished
by its unusual chevron shape.
The approach road to the island,
however, was actually an embar-
rassing afterthought, and wasn't
added until the 1890s.
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Map B2
&
Academy of Sciences
Kids of all ages love to ride
up and down the archaic funicu-
lar. The journey is short, the cabins
tiny, but the views of the Danube
below are superb. Also, on a
chilly, windy or rainy day, it sure
beats walking up to the castle.
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Map H3 • I, Buda Castle, Clark Ádam tér •
201 91 28 • Open 7:30am-10pm; closed
1st and 3rd Mon of every month • Adm
The historicist Academy
actually stands in Roosevelt tér
facing the square, not the river,
but its superb Neo-Classical
faćade can be admired by
anyone travelling upstream,
while the aspect that faces the
Danube is no less impressive.
Built from 1862 to 1864, it was
designed by architect Friedrich
August Stüler
(see p76).
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bold girders of Liberty Bridge
(Szabadság híd). First construct-
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rebuilt after being destroyed by
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