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Fisherman's Bastion

<p>The <b>Halászbástya</b> (<small about="#mwt13" typeof="mw:Transclusion" data-mw="{&quot;parts&quot;:[{&quot;template&quot;:{&quot;target&quot;:{&quot;wt&quot;:&quot;IPA-hu&quot;,&quot;href&quot;:&quot;./Template:IPA-hu&quot;},&quot;params&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:{&quot;wt&quot;:&quot;ˈhɒlaːzbaːʃcɒ&quot;}},&quot;i&quot;:0}}]}">Hungarian pronunciation:<span>&nbsp;</span></small><span class="IPA"><a href="/en/Help:IPA/Hungarian" title="Help:IPA/Hungarian" class="wl">[ˈhɒlaːzbaːʃcɒ]</a></span>) or <b>Fisherman's <a href="/en/Bastion" title="Bastion" class="wl">Bastion</a></b> is one of the best known monuments in <a href="/en/Budapest" title="Budapest" class="wl">Budapest</a>, located near the <a href="/en/Buda_Castle" title="Buda Castle" class="wl">Buda Castle</a>, in the 1st district of Budapest. It is one of the most important tourist attractions due to the unique panorama of Budapest from the Neo-Romanesque lookout terraces. The Fishermen's Bastion's main façade, parallel to the <a href="/en/Danube" title="Danube" class="wl">Danube</a>, is approximately 140 meters long, of which the southern aisle is about 40 meters long, the north is 65 meters long, and the ornate central parapet is 35 meters long. Its seven high-pitched stone towers symbolize the <a href="/en/Seven_chieftains_of_the_Magyars" title="Seven chieftains of the Magyars" class="wl">seven chieftains of the Hungarians</a> who founded Hungary in 895.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-fishermansbastion.com_1-0"><a href="#cite_note-fishermansbastion.com-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span></p>

<div class="shortdescription nomobile noexcerpt noprint searchaux" style="display:none" about="#mwt1">Fortification in Budapest, Hungary</div><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1066479718" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .infobox-subbox{padding:0;border:none;margin:-3px;width:auto;min-width:100%;font-size:100%;clear:none;float:none;background-color:transparent}.mw-parser-output .infobox-3cols-child{margin:auto}.mw-parser-output .infobox .navbar{font-size:100%}body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-header,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-subheader,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-above,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-title,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-image,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-full-data,body.skin-minerva .mw-parser-output .infobox-below{text-align:center}</style><div class='mobile-collapse'><header class="mobile-collapse-header mobile-collapse-btn"><b>Quick facts: Fisherman's Bastion (Hungarian  Halászbástya)...</b> <span class='arrow'>▼</span></header> <table class="infobox vcard mobile-collapse-element"><tbody><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-above fn org">Fisherman's Bastion<br>(<a href="/en/Hungarian_language" title="Hungarian language" class="wl">Hungarian</a>: <i lang="hu">Halászbástya</i>)</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-image" style="text-align: center"><span class="mw-image-border"><a href="/en/File:Halászbástya_2017.jpg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" data-hash="File:Halászbástya_2017.jpg"><img loading="lazy" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Hal%C3%A1szb%C3%A1stya_2017.jpg/250px-Hal%C3%A1szb%C3%A1stya_2017.jpg" decoding="async" data-file-width="3456" data-file-height="4608" data-file-type="bitmap" height="333" width="250" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/6a/Hal%C3%A1szb%C3%A1stya_2017.jpg/375px-Hal%C3%A1szb%C3%A1stya_2017.jpg 1.5x, 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.pr>div{display:inline;padding:1px;float:left}</style><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:240px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:240px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:240px"><span class="notpageimage"><a href="/en/File:Map_budapest_districts-and-neighbourhoods.svg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" title="Fisherman's Bastion is located in Budapest" data-hash="File:Map_budapest_districts-and-neighbourhoods.svg"><img loading="lazy"alt="Fisherman's Bastion is located in Budapest" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/8/84/Map_budapest_districts-and-neighbourhoods.svg/240px-Map_budapest_districts-and-neighbourhoods.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="738" data-file-height="703" data-file-type="drawing" height="229" width="240" 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class="switcher-label" style="display:none">Show map of Budapest</span></div></div></div><div class="center"><div class="locmap" style="width:240px;float:none;clear:both;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto"><div style="width:240px;padding:0"><div style="position:relative;width:240px"><span class="notpageimage"><a href="/en/File:Hungary_location_map.svg" class="mw-file-description image media-thumb" title="Fisherman's Bastion is located in Hungary" data-hash="File:Hungary_location_map.svg"><img loading="lazy"alt="Fisherman's Bastion is located in Hungary" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Hungary_location_map.svg/240px-Hungary_location_map.svg.png" decoding="async" data-file-width="1210" data-file-height="746" data-file-type="drawing" height="148" width="240" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/ac/Hungary_location_map.svg/360px-Hungary_location_map.svg.png 1.5x, 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information</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Type</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/en/Fortification" title="Fortification" class="wl">Fortification</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Architectural style</th><td class="infobox-data category"><a href="/en/Romanesque_Revival" title="Romanesque Revival" class="mw-redirect wl">Romanesque Revival</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Location</th><td class="infobox-data label"><a href="/en/Budapest" title="Budapest" class="wl">Budapest</a>, <a href="/en/Hungary" title="Hungary" class="wl">Hungary</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label"><a href="/en/Geographic_coordinate_system" title="Geographic coordinate system" class="wl">Coordinates</a></th><td class="infobox-data"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1073938472" typeof="mw:Extension/templatestyles">.mw-parser-output .geo-default,.mw-parser-output .geo-dms,.mw-parser-output .geo-dec{display:inline}.mw-parser-output .geo-nondefault,.mw-parser-output .geo-multi-punct{display:none}.mw-parser-output .longitude,.mw-parser-output .latitude{white-space:nowrap}</style><span class="plainlinks nourlexpansion"><a rel="mw:ExtLink" href="//geohack.toolforge.org/geohack.php?pagename=Fisherman%27s_Bastion&amp;params=47.5027_N_19.0344_E_type:landmark" class="external text" target="_blank"><span class="geo-default"><span class="geo-dec">47.5027°N 19.0344°E</span><span style="display:none"><span>﻿</span> / <span class="geo">47.5027; 19.0344</span></span></span></a></span><span style="font-size: small;"></span></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Construction started</th><td class="infobox-data">1844</td></tr><tr class="note"><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Completed</th><td class="infobox-data">1851</td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background-color:#ededed">Design and construction</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label">Architect(s)</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/en/Frigyes_Schulek" title="Frigyes Schulek" class="wl">Frigyes Schulek</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header notheme" style="background-color:#ededed">Website</th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><span class="url"><a rel="mw:ExtLink nofollow" href="https://www.fishermansbastion.com/" class="external text" target="_blank">www<wbr>.fishermansbastion<wbr>.com</a></span></td></tr></tbody></table> <footer class='mobile-collapse-footer mobile-collapse-btn'><b>Close</b> <span class='arrow'>▲</span></footer></div>
<p>The original walls were built in the 1700s, forming part of the walls of a castle. Several historians say that in the <a href="/en/Middle_Ages" title="Middle Ages" class="wl">Middle Ages</a> this part of the castle walls was protected by the guild of fishermen (halász), who lived under the walls in the so-called Fishtown or Watertown.<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-fishermansbastion.com/history_2-0"><a href="#cite_note-fishermansbastion.com/history-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span><span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-3"><a href="#cite_note-3" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 3;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[3]</span></a></span> The current structure was built between 1895 and 1902,<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-fishermansbastion.com_1-1"><a href="#cite_note-fishermansbastion.com-1" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 1;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[1]</span></a></span> in <a href="/en/Romanesque_Revival" title="Romanesque Revival" class="mw-redirect wl">Neo-Romanesque style</a>, on the base of a stretch of the Buda Castle walls, by architect <a href="/en/Frigyes_Schulek" title="Frigyes Schulek" class="wl">Frigyes Schulek</a>,<span class="mw-ref reference" id="cite_ref-fishermansbastion.com/history_2-1"><a href="#cite_note-fishermansbastion.com/history-2" style="counter-reset: mw-Ref 2;"><span class="mw-reflink-text">[2]</span></a></span> who was also responsible for the restoration of the <a href="/en/Matthias_Church" title="Matthias Church" class="wl">Matthias Church</a>.</p>

<p>Since 1987 it has been one of Budapest's <a href="/en/World_Heritage_Sites" title="World Heritage Sites" class="mw-redirect wl">World Heritage Sites</a> as part of the <a href="/en/Várkerület" title="Várkerület" class="wl">Várkerület District</a> (Buda Castle District).</p>



The Halászbástya or Fisherman's Bastion is one of the best known monuments in Budapest, located near the Buda Castle, in the 1st district of Budapest. It is one of the most important tourist attractions due to the unique panorama of Budapest from the Neo-Romanesque lookout terraces. The Fishermen's Bastion's main façade, parallel to the Danube, is approximately 140 meters long, of which the southern aisle is about 40 meters long, the north is 65 meters long, and the ornate central parapet is 35 meters long. Its seven high-pitched stone towers symbolize the seven chieftains of the Hungarians who founded Hungary in 895. The original walls were built in the 1700s, forming part of the walls of a castle. Several historians say that in the Middle Ages this part of the castle walls was protected by the guild of fishermen , who lived under the walls in the so-called Fishtown or Watertown. who was also responsible for the restoration of the Matthias Church. Since 1987 it has been one of Budapest's World Heritage Sites as part of the Várkerület District . 