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Pest is the eastern, mostly flat part of Budapest
Budapest

Budapest is the Capitals of Hungary of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it serves as the country's principal political, cultural, commerce, Industry, and transportation center and is considered an important hub in Central Europe....
, comprising about two thirds of Budapest's territory. It is divided from Buda
Buda

Buda is the western part of the Hungary capital Budapest on the west bank of the Danube. The name Buda takes its name from the name of Bleda the Hun ruler, whose name is also Buda in Hungarian....
, the other part of Budapest, by the Danube River. Among its most notable parts are the Inner City
Inner City (Budapest)

Inner City is the historical old town of Pest . Now it belongs to District 5th of Budapest, Hungary. The traditional shopping centre of Budapest, V?ci utca is located there....
, including the Hungarian Parliament, Heroes' Square
Heroes' Square (Budapest)

Hos?k tere is one of the major squares of Budapest, Hungary. It lies at the end of Andr?ssy Avenue , next to City Park .It is surrounded by two important buildings, Museum of Fine Arts on the left and Palace of Art on the right....
 and Andrássy Avenue
Andrássy Avenue

Andr?ssy Avenue is an iconic boulevard in Budapest, Hungary, dating back to 1872. It links Erzs?bet t?r with V?rosliget . Flanked by Eclecticism Neo-renaissance palaces and houses featuring fine facades, staircases and interiors, it was recognised as a World Heritage Site in 2002 ....
. In colloquial Hungarian
Hungarian language

Hungarian is a Uralic languages unrelated to most other languages in Europe. It is mainly spoken in Hungary and by the Hungarian minorities in the seven neighbouring countries....
, Pest is often used for the whole capital of Budapest.

The name Pest comes from a Slavic
Slavic languages

File:Slavic europe.svgThe Slavic languages , a group of closely related languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup of Indo-European languages, have speakers in most of Eastern Europe, in much of the Balkans, in parts of Central Europe, and in the northern part of Asia....
 word pec meaning "oven, stove" in reference to the ovens in which the bricks of homes were fired .

was a separate independent city
City

A city is an urban area with a high population density and a particular administrative, legal, or historical status.Large industrialized cities generally have advanced systems for sanitation, utilities, land usage, house, and transportation and more....
, references to which appear in writings dating back to 1148.






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Pest is the eastern, mostly flat part of Budapest
Budapest

Budapest is the Capitals of Hungary of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it serves as the country's principal political, cultural, commerce, Industry, and transportation center and is considered an important hub in Central Europe....
, comprising about two thirds of Budapest's territory. It is divided from Buda
Buda

Buda is the western part of the Hungary capital Budapest on the west bank of the Danube. The name Buda takes its name from the name of Bleda the Hun ruler, whose name is also Buda in Hungarian....
, the other part of Budapest, by the Danube River. Among its most notable parts are the Inner City
Inner City (Budapest)

Inner City is the historical old town of Pest . Now it belongs to District 5th of Budapest, Hungary. The traditional shopping centre of Budapest, V?ci utca is located there....
, including the Hungarian Parliament, Heroes' Square
Heroes' Square (Budapest)

Hos?k tere is one of the major squares of Budapest, Hungary. It lies at the end of Andr?ssy Avenue , next to City Park .It is surrounded by two important buildings, Museum of Fine Arts on the left and Palace of Art on the right....
 and Andrássy Avenue
Andrássy Avenue

Andr?ssy Avenue is an iconic boulevard in Budapest, Hungary, dating back to 1872. It links Erzs?bet t?r with V?rosliget . Flanked by Eclecticism Neo-renaissance palaces and houses featuring fine facades, staircases and interiors, it was recognised as a World Heritage Site in 2002 ....
. In colloquial Hungarian
Hungarian language

Hungarian is a Uralic languages unrelated to most other languages in Europe. It is mainly spoken in Hungary and by the Hungarian minorities in the seven neighbouring countries....
, Pest is often used for the whole capital of Budapest.

The name Pest comes from a Slavic
Slavic languages

File:Slavic europe.svgThe Slavic languages , a group of closely related languages of the Slavic peoples and a subgroup of Indo-European languages, have speakers in most of Eastern Europe, in much of the Balkans, in parts of Central Europe, and in the northern part of Asia....
 word pec meaning "oven, stove" in reference to the ovens in which the bricks of homes were fired .

History

Pest was a separate independent city
City

A city is an urban area with a high population density and a particular administrative, legal, or historical status.Large industrialized cities generally have advanced systems for sanitation, utilities, land usage, house, and transportation and more....
, references to which appear in writings dating back to 1148. In earlier centuries there were ancient Celt
Celt

Celts , is a modern term used to describe any of the European peoples who spoke, or speak, a Celtic languages. The term is also used in a wider sense to describe the Modern Celts of those peoples, notably those who participate in a Celtic culture....
ic and Roman
Ancient Rome

Ancient Rome was a civilization that grew out of a small agricultural community founded on the Italian Peninsula as early as the 10th century BC....
 settlements there. Pest became an important economic center during 11th–13th centuries. It was destroyed in the 1241 Mongol_invasion_of_Hungary but rebuilt once again soon thereafter. In 1838 it was flooded by the Danube
Danube

The Danube is the longest river in the European Union and Europe's second longest river after the Volga.The river originates in the Black Forest in Germany as the much smaller Brigach and Breg River rivers which join at the eponymously named German town Donaueschingen, after which it is known as the Danube and flows eastwards for a distance...
. In 1849 the first suspension bridge, the Széchenyi Chain Bridge
Széchenyi Chain Bridge

Sz?chenyi l?nch?d or Sz?chenyi Chain Bridge is a suspension bridge that spans the Danube between Buda and Pest , the western and eastern sides of Budapest, the capital of Hungary....
, was constructed across the Danube connecting Pest with Buda
Buda

Buda is the western part of the Hungary capital Budapest on the west bank of the Danube. The name Buda takes its name from the name of Bleda the Hun ruler, whose name is also Buda in Hungarian....
. Consequently, in 1873, the two cities were unified with Óbuda
Óbuda

?buda was a historical city in Hungary. United with Buda and Pest in 1873 it now forms part of District III of Budapest. The name means Old Buda in Hungarian language ....
 to become Budapest
Budapest

Budapest is the Capitals of Hungary of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it serves as the country's principal political, cultural, commerce, Industry, and transportation center and is considered an important hub in Central Europe....
.

Notable people

The painter Sándor von Wagner (1838–1919) was born in Pest, He became professor in history painting in Munich
Munich

Munich is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. Munich is located on the River Isar north of the Northern Limestone Alps. Munich is the third largest city in Germany, after Berlin and Hamburg....
.

See also

  • Budapest
    Budapest

    Budapest is the Capitals of Hungary of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it serves as the country's principal political, cultural, commerce, Industry, and transportation center and is considered an important hub in Central Europe....
  • Pest County


External links

  • Pest on Wikitravel