The second bridge connecting Buda and Pest, this French Neo-Baroque bridge dates from 1876. Destroyed in WW II, most of the original steel was raised from the river and incorporated in the restored bridge.
The Hungarian Parliament Building, home of the National Assembly of Hungary, opened in 1904.
Francis Joseph I inagurated the Liberty Bridge over the Danube in 1896, as part of the thousand-year jubilee of Hungary. János Feketeházy, chief engineer of the Hungarian Railroads, designed the Art Nouveau style structure.
