Overview of Budapest: History

Budapest first appeared on the world map when the Romans founded the town of Aquincum around 89 AD, in what is today Óbuda. It soon became the capital of the province of Lower Pannonia, and the Romans even founded a proto-Pest known as Contra Aquincum on the other side of the river. Read More »

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Overview of Budapest: History is based on Budapest by LtPowers, Christopher, M Baer, Akseli Gallen-Kallela, kuklatomi@gmail.com, Steve Somers, Ikan Kekek, iGuide and others. Travel guides are available under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 3.0. See background image credits.