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Hungary

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Landlocked country in Central Europe.

Roman provinces: Illyricum, Macedonia, Dacia, Moesia, Pannonia, Thracia

Italian fresco – Hungarian warrior shooting backwards

Hungarian Conquest (of the Carpathian Basin) – painting by Mihály Munkácsy

King Saint Stephen, the first King of Hungary, converted the nation to Christianity.

The Holy Crown (Szent Korona), one of the key symbols of Hungary

Christ Pantocrator on the Holy Crown of Hungary. Hungary is traditionally a Christian country.

Painting commemorating the Siege of Eger, a major victory against the Ottomans

Francis II Rákóczi, leader of the war of independence against Habsburg rule in 1703–11

Count István Széchenyi offered one year's income to establish the Hungarian Academy of Sciences.

Lajos Kossuth, Regent-President during the Hungarian Revolution of 1848

The Lands of the Crown of Saint Stephen consisted of the territories of the Kingdom of Hungary (16) and the Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia (17).

5 July 1848: The opening ceremony of the first parliament which was based on popular representation. The members of the first responsible government are on the balcony.

Coronation of Francis Joseph I and Elisabeth Amalie at Matthias Church, Buda, 8 June 1867

Hungarian-built dreadnought battleship SMS Szent István during World War I

With the Treaty of Trianon, Hungary lost 72% of its territory, its sea ports and 3,425,000 ethnic Hungarians

Miklós Horthy, Regent of the Kingdom of Hungary (1920–1944)

Jewish women being arrested on Wesselényi Street in Budapest during the Holocaust, c. undefined 20–22 October 1944

The Széchenyi Chain Bridge and the Buda Castle in ruins after World War II (1946)

A destroyed Soviet tank in Budapest during the Revolution of 1956. Times Man of the Year for 1956 was the Hungarian Freedom Fighter.

János Kádár, General Secretary of MSZMP, the Hungarian Socialist Workers' Party (1956–1988)

The Visegrád Group signing ceremony in February 1991

The Sándor Palace is the official residence of the President of Hungary.

The Hungarian Parliament Building on the banks of the Danube in Budapest

The original and future seat of the Curia, Hungary's highest court

Meeting of the leaders of the Visegrád Group, Germany and France in 2013

United Nations conference in the assembly hall of the House of Magnates in the Hungarian Parliament Building

Hungary is part of the European Union's internal market with 508 million consumers and part of Schengen Area

A proportional representation of Hungary's exports, 2019

Albert Szent-Györgyi won the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for his discovery of Vitamin C. The Nobel Prize has been awarded to 13 Hungarians.

Founded in 1782, the Budapest University of Technology and Economics is the oldest institute of technology in the world.

The research and development centre of Gedeon Richter Plc., one of the largest biotechnology companies in Central and Eastern Europe, in Budapest.

Siemens Desiro passenger trains on the Hungarian State Railways network, which is one of the densest in the world.

Population density in Hungary by district

Regions of Central and Eastern Europe inhabited by Hungarian speakers today

King Saint Stephen offering the Hungarian crown to Virgin Mary – painting by Gyula Benczúr, in the St. Stephen's Basilica

Rector's Council Hall of Budapest Business School, the first public business school in the world, founded in 1857

Szent István Hospital on Üllői Avenue, Budapest. Together with Szent László Hospital, they form the largest hospital complex in Hungary, built at the turn of the 19th and 20th centuries.

Eszterháza Palace, the "Hungarian Versailles", in Fertőd, Győr-Moson-Sopron County

Romanesque Ják Abbey, Vas County, built between 1220 and 1256

The Museum of Applied Arts, an Art Nouveau building designed by Ödön Lechner

The Hungarian State Opera House on Andrássy út (a World Heritage Site)

Ferenc Liszt, one of the greatest pianists of all time; a renowned composer and conductor

Béla Bartók, a composer of great influence in the early 20th century; one of the founders of ethnomusicology

The alphabet of the Székely-Hungarian runiform; the country switched to the Latin alphabet during the reign of King Saint Stephen (1000–1038)

The oldest extant Hungarian poem, the Old Hungarian Lamentations of Mary (1190s)

Sándor Petőfi, Hungarian poet and revolutionary

Sándor Márai, Hungarian writer and journalist

The famous Tokaji wine. It was called Vinum Regum, Rex Vinorum ("Wine of Kings, King of Wines") by Louis XIV of France.

Hungarians in traditional garments / folk costumes dancing the csárdás

Hungary men's national water polo team is considered among the best in the world, holding the world record for Olympic golds and overall medals.

The Groupama Aréna, home of Ferencvárosi TC, a UEFA Category 4 Stadium

Ferenc Puskás, the greatest top division scorer of the 20th century. The FIFA Puskás Award is named in his honour.

A map of the lands ruled by Louis the Great in Pallas's Great Encyclopedia

Map of the lands ruled by Matthias Corvinus. Designed by Dr. Lajos Baróti.

Budapest is the country's capital and largest city; other major urban areas include Debrecen, Szeged, Miskolc, Pécs, and Győr.

University of Szeged

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Franz Joseph, founder of the University of Cluj

Attila József Study and Information Centre, the most recent university building

Main building of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Studies, one of the four faculties participating in teacher education

The University of Szeged (Szegedi Tudományegyetem, ) is a public research university in Szeged, Hungary.

Mureș (river)

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789 km river in Eastern Europe.

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It originates in the Hășmașu Mare Range in the Eastern Carpathian Mountains, Romania, rising close to the headwaters of the river Olt, and joins the Tisza at Szeged in southeastern Hungary.

Csongrád-Csanád County

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Name of an administrative county (comitatus or megye) in southern Hungary, straddling the river Tisza, on the border with Serbia and Romania.

Great Hungarian Plain in Csongrád-Csanád County

The administrative centre of Csongrád-Csanád county is Szeged.

Tisza

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One of the major rivers of Central and Eastern Europe.

The rivers of Tisza and Bodrog at Tokaj, from above

A few kilometers south of the Hungarian city of Szeged, it enters Serbia.

Subotica

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City and the administrative center of the North Bačka District in the autonomous province of Vojvodina, Serbia.

Emperor Jovan Nenad monument in the downtown

Serbian postcard of Subotica with a picture of National Theatre (early 20th century)

Subotica (Szabadka) in 1914 Hungarian postcard

Hungarian occupation troops massacred Serbian and Jewish civilians during the occupation (1941–1944)

Ethnic map of the Subotica administrative area

When Bálint Török returned and recaptured Subotica from the Serbs, Jovan Nenad moved the administrative centre to Szeged.

List of cities and towns of Hungary

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Hungary has 3,152 localities as of July 15, 2013: 346 towns (Hungarian term: város, plural: városok; the terminology doesn't distinguish between cities and towns – the term town is used in official translations) and 2,806 villages (Hungarian: község, plural: községek).

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Coa Hungary Town Kecskemét.svg Kecskemét

HUN Székesfehérvár Címer.svg Székesfehérvár

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HUN Hódmezővásárhely Címer.svg Hódmezővásárhely

HUN Szigetszentmiklós Címer.svg Szigetszentmiklós

HUN Mosonmagyaróvár Címer.svg Mosonmagyaróvár

Coa Hungary Town Hajdúböszörmény.svg Hajdúböszörmény

Coa Hungary Town Kiskunfélegyháza.svg Kiskunfélegyháza

HUN Kazincbarcika Címer.svg Kazincbarcika

2. Szeged: 118,328

M5 motorway (Hungary)

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The M5 motorway (M5-ös autópálya) is a Hungarian motorway which connects Budapest with the south-eastern regions of the country, the cities of Kecskemét, Szeged, and finally Röszke on the Serbian border.