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4 unusual facts about Gellért Hill


Gellért Hill

The famous Hotel Gellért and the Gellért Baths can be found in Gellért Square at the foot of the hill, next to Liberty Bridge.

On Easter Mondays a procession climbed the steep road leading to the calvary to celebrate the resurrection of Christ.

Hotel Gellért

The hotel was erected on the right bank of the river Danube between 1916 and 1918 in the (Secession) Art Nouveau style with some biomorphic elements, at the foot of Gellért Hill, next to Szabadság Bridge.

Vata pagan uprising

Gellért was later canonized for his martyrdom and the hill from which he had been thrown was renamed Gellért Hill.



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