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| World Heritages |
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| Hungary is proud to have 8 places considered special enough to be included on the list of exceptional and universally important sites. This section is intended to help you find these places and get to know them. We describe their characteristics in the order they appeared on the list, showing the year of inclusion. |
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| Castle Hill, Bank of The Danube (1987), Andrássy Avenue (2002) |
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The World Heritage Site consists of the area on the Buda side between the University of Technology buildings and the Lánchíd (Chain Bridge), including the Gellért Bath, the Freedom Statue and the Citadel on Gellért Hill, and the buildings of the Buda Castle. On the Pest side the area includes the Parliament building, Roosevelt Square at the Pest end of the Chain Bridge, together with the Hungarian Academy of Science and the Gresham palace. The four bridges over the Danube in this area are also a part of the World Heritage Site.
The first underground line on the continent runs under Andrássy Road .
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| Abbey of Pannonhalma (1996) |
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The history of the abbey, built on the holy mount of the Roman province of Pannonia (Mons Sacer Pannonia), is as old as the history of Hungary itself.
The archives contain valuable documents, such as the earliest written example of the Hungarian and Finno-Ugric languages, the Tihany Abbey deed of foundation and the Pannonhalma census letter, issued around 1090 with the first Hungarian book list.
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| Hollókő Old Village (1987) |
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Hollókő hides among the Cserhát Hills, about 100 km from Budapest, in a picturesque setting. The history of the village goes back to the 13th century.
The village has 67 protected buildings, characteristic peasant houses with stepped gable roofs and porches with wooden breast walls decorated with open-work carvings.
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| Lake Fertő Nature Reserve Area (2001) |
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| Lake Fertő is situated on the territory of Austria and Hungary, and it was nominated jointly by the two countries for inclusion on the World Heritage list. Part of the Fertő-Hanság National Park, in 1979 it was declared a biosphere reserve by UNESCO, and it is regarded as one of the internationally significant natural water areas of Europe. It is the most western example of the Eurasian steppe lakes, and at the same time it is Europe's largest salt-water lake. |
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| Hortobágy (1999) |
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Hortobágy is the largest continuous natural grassland in Europe, which means that it was not formed as a result of deforestation or river control. The first Hungarian national park (established in 1973), it is the country's largest protected area (82 thousand hectares). A significant part of it is Biosphere Reserve and a quarter of its area enjoys international protection under the Ramsar Convention on the conservation of wetlands.
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| Aggtelek Stalactite Cave (1995) |
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In the Aggtelek and Slovakian Karst, together forming a geological and geographical unit, Central Europe's largest cave system was formed.
In the relatively small area of the National Park (approx. 20,000 ha), there are more than 200 caves of various sizes to be found.
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| Pécs - Ancient Christian Cemetery (2000) |
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In the cemetery of ancient Sopianae (Pécs), in the course of the archaeological excavations, hundreds of graves rich in artefacts have been found around the tombs. On the basis of the Christian symbols decorating the artefacts and the buildings Biblical frescos, the cemetery of Sopianae is assumed to be an early Christian cemetery. The site has the largest number of frescoed cemetery buildings, not just in Hungary but in the whole of Europe.
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| Tokaj-Hegyalja Wine Region (2002) |
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The name of Tokaj is identified with wine all over the world.
The area has been protected since 1737, when it was declared an exclusive wine area by a royal decree, the first example of such a provision in the world.
The interplay of landscape, ecosystem and human culture and tradition in Tokaj-Hegyalja has created such a unique integration and mutual dependence that its preservation and introduction to visitors is a matter of universal interest.
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