3D Replica of The Buda Castle Quarter - Budapest, Hungary
Posted by: dtrebilc
N 47° 29.752 E 019° 02.891
34T E 352993 N 5262115
This 3D model shows the buildings of the Buda Castle Quarter that are visible from the Pest side of the river.
Waymark Code: WMKVDT
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Date Posted: 05/31/2014
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In order to assist visually handicapped people there are labels written in Braille that describe the model.
The area on the model constitutes a portion of some of the places in Budapest that led to the city becoming a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1987.
There is a plaque behind the model that explains the thinking that resulted in the award.
UNESCO
BUDAPEST
THE BANKS OF THE DANUBE AND THE BUDA CASTLE QUARTER
CONSIDERING THAT IT IS ONE OF THE WORLD'S OUTSTANDING URBAN
LANDSCAPES AND ILLUSTRATES THE GREAT PERIODS IN THE HISTORY OF
THE HUNGARIAN CAPITAL
WAS ASCRIBED IN 1987 ON THE
WORLD HERITAGE LIST
IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE CONVENTION CONCERNING
PROTECTION OF THE WORLD CULTURAL AND NATURAL
HERITAGE
THE SITE WAS IN 2002 EXTENDED WITH THE
ANDRASSY AVENUE AND ITS SURROUNDINGS
WITH THE HEROES SQUARE AND THE MILLENNIUM UNDERGROUND
THAT IT IS A REPRESENTATIVE EXAMPLE OF LATE 19TH
CENTURY SOCIAL
DEVELOPMENT AND CIVIL URBAN PLANNING