Pest

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former municipality historical city part of city

Pest is the historic eastern part of modern-day Budapest, known as a former independent city on the flat bank of the Danube that later merged with Buda and Óbuda.

Statements (49)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	former municipality → historical city → part of city →
capitalOf	Kingdom of Hungary (periods in early modern era, de facto) →
contains	Andrássy Avenue → City Park (Városliget) → Ferenc Liszt International Airport (administrative side) → Heroes' Square → Hungarian National Museum → Hungarian Parliament Building → Inner City of Pest → St. Stephen's Basilica →
country	Hungary →
etymology	possibly from Slavic word for "furnace" or "oven" →
function	administrative center of Budapest → commercial center of Budapest → cultural center of Budapest →
hasCharacteristic	dense urban fabric → grid-like street layout in many districts →
historicalRegion	Pest-Pilis-Solt-Kiskun County →
historicalStatus	independent city before 1873 →
language	Hungarian →
locatedIn	Budapest → Central Hungary →
locatedOn	Danube → eastern bank of the Danube → left bank of the Danube →
mergedInto	Budapest →
mergerDate	1873 →
mergerWith	Buda → Óbuda →
notableBoulevard	Nagykörút (Grand Boulevard) →
notableBridgeConnection	Elisabeth Bridge to Buda → Liberty Bridge to Buda → Széchenyi Chain Bridge to Buda →
notableSquare	Kossuth Lajos Square →
oppositePart	Buda → Óbuda →
partOf	Budapest →
regionType	urban →
riverCrossing	opposite Buda across the Danube →
role	eastern part of Budapest →
significance	largest contiguous built-up area of Budapest →
timeZone	Central European Time →
timeZoneDST	Central European Summer Time →
topography	mostly flat →
transportHub	major railway junction of Hungary → terminus of several Budapest Metro lines →
urbanDivision	comprises multiple districts of Budapest numbered V–XXIII (partly) →

Referenced by (10)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Aurel Stein → Theodor Herzl →	birthPlace
Budapest Nyugati railway station (iron structure) → Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest) →	locatedIn
Kingdom of Hungary →	capital
Budapest →	foundedByUnionOf
District VII (Erzsébetváros) →	locatedOnSideOfDanube
Hungarian Diet →	location
Buda →	mergedWith
Buda →	oppositeBankFrom