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{{Short description|Part of Budapest, Hungary}}
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[[File:Budapest Chain Bridge.jpg|thumb|250px|Buda and Pest connected by [[Széchenyi Chain Bridge]]
[[File:Budapeszt-panorama srodmiescie.jpg|thumb|250px|View of the riverfront of Pest
'''Pest''' ({{IPA-hu|ˈpɛʃt}}) is the eastern, mostly flat part of [[Budapest]], [[Hungary]], comprising about two-thirds of the city's territory. It is separated from [[Buda]] and [[Óbuda]], the western parts of Budapest, by the [[Danube River]]. Among its most notable sights are the [[Inner City (Budapest)|Inner City]], the [[Hungarian Parliament Building]], [[Heroes' Square (Budapest)|Heroes' Square]] and [[Andrássy Avenue]].
In colloquial [[Hungarian language|Hungarian]], "Pest" is often used for the whole [[Capital (political)|capital]] of Budapest. The three parts of
==Etymology==
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==History==
[[File:Flag of Pest (pre-1873).svg|left|thumb|Flag of Pest before 1873<ref name="symbols">{{cite book|editor-first=András|editor-last=Nyerges|title=Pest-Buda, Budapest szimbólumai|trans-title=Budapest arms & colours: throughout the centuries|year=1998|publisher=Budapest Főváros Levéltára|location=Budapest|page=2}}</ref>]]
[[File:Pest város címere 1703.JPG|right|thumb|150px|Historical coat of arms of Pest, used between 1703
[[File:Pesth - Peeters Jacob - 1686.jpg|thumb|Buda and Pest view from 1686]]
Pest was originally founded as a [[Celt]]ic settlement, then a fortified camp established by the [[Ancient Rome|Romans]] (Contra-Aquincum) across the river from their military border camp at [[Aquincum]]. Remains of the original Roman camp can still be seen at Március 15. tér.
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Demographically, in the 15th century Pest was mostly Hungarian, while Buda across the Danube had a German-majority population.<ref name=Pallas>{{cite web |url= http://www.mek.iif.hu/porta/szint/egyeb/lexikon/pallas/html/016/pc001672.html#9 |title= Budapest |work= A Pallas Nagy Lexikona |language= hu |access-date= 2009-11-03}}</ref>
{{anchor|1838 Great Flood of Pest}}
[[File:Pest térképe 1758.jpg|thumb|A map of Pest in 1758, published in 1830. Outside the city wall ran a country road, mirrored by today's [[Small Boulevard (Budapest)|Kiskörút]] completed in 1880, which forms a circular arc between [[Deák Ferenc tér]] and [[Fővám tér metro station|Fővám tér]].]]
In 1838 Pest was flooded by the [[Danube]]; parts of the city were under as much as eight feet of water, and the flood destroyed or seriously damaged three-fourths of the
==Notable people==
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*[[Henrik Weber]] (1818–1866), painter
*[[Theodor Herzl]] (1860–1904), founder of the political Zionist movement
*[[Harry Houdini]] (1874–1926), illusionist
==See also==
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