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The
Budapest Marathon is an annual
marathon and sport event hosted by
the city of Budapest, Hungary since
1961. It is normally held at the
beginning of October or the end of
September. The Budapest Sport Iroda
(BSI) manages the event. The race
starts at Hősök tere (Heroes'
Square) and finishes in Városliget
(City Park)Much of the route stays
close to the River Danube. After the
contest, competitors can bathe their
aching feet in the Széchenyi thermal
baths. In the early history of the
race, it was known as the Csepeli
Nemzetkozi Marathon. It obtained its
current name in 1981.
Hősök
tere (meaning "Heroes' Square" in
Hungarian) is one of the major
squares of Budapest, Hungary, rich
with historic and political
connotations. Its iconic statue
complex, the Millennium Memorial,
was completed in 1900, the same year
the square was named "Heroes'
Square". It lies at the end of
Andrássy Avenue (with which it
comprises part of an extensive World
Heritage site), next to City Park.
The central site of the hero's
square, as well as a landmark of
Budapest, is the Millennium Memorial
(also known as Millennium Monument
or Millenary Monument) with statues
of the leaders of the seven tribes
that founded Hungary in the 9th
century and other outstanding
figures of Hungarian history (see
below). The construction of the
memorial was started when the one
thousandth anniversary was
celebrated (in 1896), but it was
finished only in 1900 and the square
got its name then.
Városliget is a public park (302
acres or 1.2 km˛; a rectangle
0.9-mile (1.4 km) by 0.6-mile (0.97
km), or 1.4 km × 900 m) in Budapest,
Hungary close to the city centre. It
is located in District XIV of
Budapest. Its main entrance is
Heroes' Square (Hősök tere), one of
Hungary's World Heritage sites. The
area was formerly called Ökör-dűlő,
meaning "Oxmeadow". The first
mention of the name comes from 1241
in the archaic form, Ukurföld. In
the 18th century the area was called
Ochsenried in German. Around 1800
the official name was changed to
Batthyány-erdő (Batthyány Forest)
after its tenants, the Batthyány
family. The first trees and
planified walkways were established
in 1751 and after the public park
was created in the first decades of
the 19th century the present-day
name, Városliget (and its German
version, Stadtwäldchen) was accepted
and it became the first public park
in the world.
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