a stone walkway with a lamp post and a large stone arch with a city in the background

A view of Budapest city from the famous Fisherman Bastion. A faux historic landmark in the Castle District, the ornate confection of the Fishermen’s Bastion (Halászbástya) was conceived to offset nearby Matthias Church rebuilt by the same architect, Frigyes Schulek. Using the remaining sections of the fortress that ran along this panoramic edge of Castle Hill, Schulek created an elegant walkway topped with seven cone-topped towers, symbolising the Magyar chieftains who settled in this part of the Carpathian Basin in the late 800s. Some 140 metres long, the bastion, named after the fishermen’s 

Abhishek Singh

Nick Night

One of the fantastical towers of the Fisherman's Bastion

Kevin Jackson

a large castle like building with a steeple on top of it

a very tall building with a clock on it's side

The original purpose of the Fisherman's Bastion was defence, as part of the Buda Castle wall. The bastion was named after the Fishermen's Town lying beneath and when necessary, the fishermen living here defended the tower.

Kristijan Arsov

brown concrete castle surrounded by trees

Tobias Reich

Elaborate stone castle with conical towers and windows

Stötzer Balázs

Fisherman's Bastin Halaszbastya, Budapest under white and blue sky

Stepan Kropel

a castle like building with a lot of people on top of it

Michael Baccin

A couple of people walking along a beach next to the ocean

Fisherman's bastion