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Budapest is a city of two distinct
parts, divided by the Danube, which, despite the waltz written in
its honor, is murky and definitely not blue. The river separates the
medieval streets and Roman remains of Buda and Óbuda (meaning Old
Buda) from the late 19th century boulevards of Pest. On the west
bank, in Buda, the hills rise above the river. Over a period of 800
years, Castle Hill has suffered 31 sieges and been reduced to rubble
on numerous occasions, yet enough has survived for it to remain one
of Europe's most appealing medieval enclaves. On the flat ground of
the opposite bank lies Pcst, a busy city with broad, leafy
boulevards and handsome baroque, neoclassical and art nouveau
buildings. Only in 1873 were these distinct areas merged to form one
city...
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