• infeeeee@lemmy.zip
    4·
    11 hours ago

    Rare photo, as it shows the temporary Kossuth Bridge, it was built in 1946, demolished in 1960. It’s the second, flat bridge on the photo with small pillars.

    Color photo of the bridge from 1957:

    Nowadays there is no bridge in place of this bridge, M2 underground crosses the Danube about there below.

    During WW2 retreating Nazi forces blew up all bridges of Budapest in 1945, it was quicker to build a new temporary bridge than reconstructing one of the old ones.

    The first rebuilt bridge was ready in late 1946, Liberty Bridge is a cantilever bridge, half of the structure survived, and it was still stable.

    The last rebuilt bridge was Elisabeth Bridge finished in 1964. Actually this photo was taken next to it, the statue in the foreground is of Saint Gerard, overlooking Elisabeth Bridge. At the time of the photo one of the towers of the bridge was was still standing on the other side of the Danube, This photo is from 1953:

  • JohnnyEnzyme@piefed.socialEnglish
    4·
    14 hours ago

    Not sure if this applies, but years ago, on a family trip to Magyar (Hungary), we newbies learned that the city of Budapest was formed by two smaller cities merging, literally the cities of “Buda” and “Pesht”…

    Or something like that?

    • kek_kecske_31@lemmy.world
      6·
      13 hours ago

      Yes, Buda and Pest, where Pest is pronounced Pesht. These were the big ones on either side of the river. Buda on the hillsy side and Pest on the plains side. We Hungarians are also taught of Óbuda which means ancient Buda as the third and smallest city that got merged originally in the 19th century. Then the city swallowed some other cities and villages in the coming century (1950).