The Prince of Buda and the Princess of Pest

Kilátókő (“Lookout Rock”), also known as Pest–Buda egyesítése, the unification of Pest and Buda

Two small bronze figures stand on a stone split in two: a crowned prince on one half and a princess on the other, reaching out to each other across the gap. The gap is the Danube, and the tops of the two halves are the two cities in bronze relief: hilly Buda with its castle on one side and the flat street grid of Pest on the other. The legend of the two lovers kept apart by the river stands for the union of Buda, Óbuda and Pest into one city, Budapest, in 1873.

Sculptor

Márta Lesenyei (the figures)

Stone and setting

György Vadász, architect

Unveiled

1982 (listings give 1981 to 1984)

Materials

Bronze on limestone

Where

On a terrace on the north-west slope of Gellért Hill, on top of the Gruber József water cistern, near the Garden of Philosophy. The parapet looks out over the city.

In this scan

About 1.6 m tall and 3 m across, the gap running through the middle; the figures are about 45 cm tall. The small stone beside it carries the plaque.

From public art listings (Azopus, Funiq) and Budapest park guides; sizes measured in the scan.