Unlike most cities, the founding of Budapest, Hungary was really a merger of two towns. One called Buda and one called Pest.
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Fun Fact: Why Budapest Has a Statue of Columbo
In Budapest, Hungary there is a statue of Peter Falk’s TV character Columbo. Peter Falk had some Hungarian ancestry on his maternal side.
Fun Fact: The Arrow Cross Party
Like World War I, Hungary was allied with Germany during World War II. Its ruling party was the Arrow Cross Party which adopted the racist polices of Nazism and right-wing ideology of Italian fascism. The ruling politicians were replaced (most were executed or imprisoned) by Soviet puppets after the end of the war.
Fun Fact: Great Turkish War
In 1699, the Ottoman Empire was at war with most countries in central and Eastern Europe not allied with them. The Ottomans were defeated, and the Empire saw its first large amounts of lands lost, mostly in Hungary and Poland.
Fun Fact: Guy Killed By the Iron Throne
In what is now Hungary and Romania, a man named Gyorgy Dozsa led a peasants revolt against the nobility in the 16th century. He was captured and had a terrible doom along with many of his allies. He was personally put on a throne made of iron, with a crown made of the metal as…