Belváros-Lipótváros
districts in Budapest
District V is the heart of Budapest and the political, financial, commercial and touristic center of Hungary. The name of the district is Belváros-Lipótváros (English: Inner City – Leopold Town), which refers to the two historical neighbourhoods located in the district; Belváros ("Inner City") and Lipótváros ("Leopold Town").
Inner City is the old town of Pest, while Leopold Town was established in the early 19th century, and became the political and financial centre of Hungary in the early 20th century when the Hungarian Parliament was built. The two neighbourhoods were originally the 4th (Inner City) and 5th (Leopold Town) districts of Budapest until 1950 when the two districts were merged and number IV was given to Újpest ("New Pest").
Today there is a coexisting larger definition of "inner city" (with lower case letters) which includes all of District V and some parts of District VI, District VII, District VIII, District IX and District XIII, and sometimes even some parts of the Buda side, however this larger definition is only colloquial.
The reason Inner City is not the 1st district, is that until 1873, Buda served as the capital city of Hungary, so it was obvious to start the numbering at the Buda Castle District. Districts on the Pest side received numbers from IV to X.
Location
The Inner City is situated in the Pest side, on the banks of the Danube.
Neighbours of District V are (clockwise from north):
Újlipótváros ("New Leopold Town") neighbourhood of the District XIII
District VI: Terézváros ("Theresa Town")
District VII: Erzsébetváros ("Elizabeth Town")
District VIII: Józsefváros ("Joseph Town")
District IX: Ferencváros ("Francis Town")
River Danube
Landmarks
Inner City
Inner City Parish Church
Váci Street
Evangelical Church on Ferenc Deák Square
Pilvax Café
Elisabeth Bridge
Leopold Town
Hungarian Parliament Building
St Stephen's Basilica
Hungarian Academy of Sciences
Széchenyi Chain Bridge
Gresham Palace
Vigadó Concert Hall
Liberty Square
Danube Promenade
University Church
U.S. Embassy
Supreme Court
Ministry of Education
Ministry of Youth
Ethnographical Museum
Politics
The current mayor of V. District of Budapest is Péter Szentgyörgyvölgyi (Fidesz).
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