Public place names of Budapest

Budapest is the capital of Hungary. Below is a list of public place names of Budapest that refer to famous people, cities or historic events. Generality of Budapest's public place names relate to the Hungarian national history. In Budapest there are about 8,600 named public place (streets, squares, parks etc.).

Notable people

Others

Most common public place names

Former public place names
  • Moszkva tér (Moscow Square), 1951–2011, now Széll Kálmán tér
  • Lenin körút (Lenin Boulevard), 1970–1990, now Erzsébet and Teréz körút
  • Sztálin út (Stalin Avenue), 1950–1956, now Andrássy Avenue
    • Népköztársaság útja (Avenue of the People's Republic), 1957–1990, now Andrássy Avenue
  • Majakovszkij utca (Mayakovsky street), 1950–1990, now Király utca
  • Tolbuhin körút (Tolbukhin Boulevard), 1945–1990, now Vámház körút
  • Dimitrov tér (Dimitrov Square), 1949–1991, now Fővám tér
  • Hitler tér (Hitler Square), 1938–1945, now Kodály körönd
  • Roosevelt tér (Roosevelt Square), 1945–2011, now Széchenyi István tér
  • Mussolini tér (Mussolini Square), 1936–1945, now Oktogon
    • November 7. tér (7 November Square), 1950–1990, now Oktogon
  • Marx tér (Marx Square), 1950–1990, now Nyugati tér
  • Felszabadulás tér ("Liberation" Square), 1953–1990, now Ferenciek tere
  • Élmunkás tér (lit. "Top Worker" Square) until 1990, now Lehel tér

See also

Sources
  • Budapest City Atlas, Szarvas-Dimap, Budapest, 2006, ISBN 963-9549-15-0-CM
  • Budapest City Atlas, Szarvas-Dimap, Budapest, 2011, ISBN 978-963-03-9124-5
  • Budapesti útmutató, street names, 1969
  • Budapest City Atlas, 1974
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