Széchenyi Chain Bridge
Find the lions at the approach before optionally continuing along its pedestrian walkway; the traffic lane is not an observation point.
Getting there
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Walk upstream along Dunakorzó to Széchenyi István tér and the bridge’s eastern approach. Find the lions at the approach before optionally continuing along its pedestrian walkway; the traffic lane is not an observation point.
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History
Opened in 1849, this was the first permanent Danube bridge between Buda and Pest. Destroyed during the Second World War and subsequently rebuilt, its chains and stone towers unite engineering with a ceremonial urban image.
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