Buda

(bü'dah.). [Ger. Ofen.] A city of the kingdom of Hungary, in the Austrian dom., and, with Pesth, theC. and seat of govt., immediately opposite Pesth, on the right bank of the Danube, 135 m. E.S.E. of Vienna. A magnificent suspension-bridge, 34 m. long, connects the two cities. B. was the Curta Aquincum of the Romans, and in 900 became the cradle of the Hungarian monarchy, and was made a free city in 1245. From 1529 till 1686 it was held by the Turks, who only vacated it after a desperate struggle with the Austrians. Pop. 54,577. / [s. 121]