Budapest is a city that symbolizes the essence of history and culture in one stunning metropolis. One of the city's more obvious features, of course, is the elegant bisecting presence of the River ...

Nov. 17, 1873, saw the union of Buda, Pest and Óbuda, creating modern-day Budapest. The city is divided by the Danube River, with flat Pest to the east and the hilly Buda and Óbuda regions to ...