Visegrád, Hungary
Visegrád | |
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Descending, from top: the city in the Danube Bend, ruins of the Royal Palace, gate of the Citadel | |
| Coordinates: 47°47′05″N 18°58′25″E / 47.78483°N 18.97367°E | |
| Country | Hungary |
| Region | Central Hungary |
| County | Pest |
| District | Szentendre District |
| Founded | 1009 |
| Area | |
• Total | 33.27 km2 (12.85 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 100 m (300 ft) |
| Population (2018) | |
• Total | 1,841 |
| Time zone | UTC+1 (CET) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC+2 (CEST) |
| Postal code | 2025 |
| Area code | 26 |
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Visegrád (Hungarian: [ˈviʃɛɡraːd]; German: Plintenburg; Latin: Pone Navata or Altum Castrum; Slovak: Vyšehrad) is a castle town in Pest County, Hungary. It is north of Budapest on the right bank of the Danube in the Danube Bend. It had a population of 1,864 in 2010. The town is the site of the remains of the Early Renaissance summer palace of King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary and a medieval citadel. The town was also the site of a meeting on 15 February 1991 between the President of the Czech and Slovak Federative Republic, Václav Havel, the President of the Republic of Poland, Lech Wałęsa, and the Prime Minister of the Republic of Hungary, József Antall which founded the titular Visegrád group.