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Budapest

Place Type
inhabited place
Description
City has status of a county; communities of Buda (right bank) & Pest (left) developed at important crossing point of the Danube; both were Roman settlements; both were capitals of nation (Buda in 15th cen., Pest in 18th cen.); taken by Turks in 16th cen.
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Thesaurus of Geographic Names
Source
Britannica Book of the Year (1992); Canby, Historic Places (1984); Columbia Lippincott Gazetteer (1961); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1976); Encyclopaedia Britannica (1988); Times Atlas of the World (1994); Webster's Geographical Dictionary (1988);

Born

André Kertész (American, born Hungary, 1894-1985)

Gabor F. Peterdi (American, born Hungary, 1915-2001)

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