Kiskörút or Small Boulevard (lit. "Small Ring Road") is a major thoroughfare in Budapest. It forms an incomplete semi-circle between Deák Square and Fővám Square. It is the border of the southern part of District 5 (cf. Belváros), the innermost district of Pest. As opposed to Nagykörút, it only touches the Danube at its southern end. A typical boulevard in Valencia, California. ... A beltway (American English), ring road or orbital motorway (British English) is a circumferential highway found around many cities. ... Budapest (pronounced ) is the capital city of Hungary and the countrys principal political, industrial, commercial and transportation centre. ... Pest (pronounced pesht) is the eastern, mostly flat part of Budapest, comprising about two thirds of the capitals territory. ... Length 2,888 km Elevation of the source 1,078  m Average discharge 30 km before Passau: 580 m³/s Vienna: 1,900 m³/s Budapest: 2,350 m³/s Belgrade: 4,000 m³/s just before Delta: 6,500  m³/s Area watershed 817,000  km² Origin  Black Forest...

Meaning

Kiskörút is actually a colloquial name for three parts which connect to each other: (from north to south) Károly körút, Múzeum körút and Vámház körút; these are the names a traveller will find on the map and the buildings.

Location

It consists of a 1.5 km long road with a tram line in the middle. Its width is around 55 m in the north and it narrows down to 27 m in the south. Its starting point is Deák tér in the north, it crosses Astoria and Kálvin tér, both basic points of reference for the locals, and it ends up at Fővám tér, a square next to Liberty Bridge. Among the major roads, it crosses Rákóczi út at Astoria and Üllői út at Kálvin tér. Deák tér is the meeting point of the three existing metro lines, and Metro 2 and 3 both have a further station as well at Astoria and Kálvin tér. Metro 4 is going to have a station at Fővám tér. Kálvin tér is a station on the M3 (North-South) line of the Budapest Metro. ... Szabadság híd or Liberty Bridge (sometimes Freedom Bridge) is a bridge in Budapest, Hungary, connecting Buda and Pest across the River Danube. ... This is a list of the stations of Budapest Metro, operating in Budapest, Hungary, with the dates of opening (and closure). ...

Features, notable spots

The main sights of Kiskörút are the Dohány Street Synagogue (Romantic, 1859), the second largest such building in the world (after the one in New York) with the Jewish Museum and the Holocaust Memorial, the Hungarian National Museum (Classicistic, 1847), and the Grand Market Hall (Nagyvásárcsarnok, Neo-gothic, 1896). The Synagogue can be found in a recess near Astoria. Dohány Street Synagogue, Budapest (Budapesti Dohány utcai Zsinagóga) the world 3rd biggest synagogue of reform Judaism, in Budapest. ... Romance or romantic can refer to: Romance (genre) - a style of Medieval narrative fiction. ... 1859 is a common year starting on Saturday. ... State nickname: Empire State Other U.S. States Capital Albany Largest city New York Governor George Pataki (R) Official languages None (English is de facto) Area 141,205 km² (27th)  - Land 122,409 km²  - Water 18,795 km² (13. ... Classicism door in Olomouc, The Czech Republic. ... 1847 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... Victoria Tower at the Palace of Westminster, London: Gothic details provided by A.W.N. Pugin The Gothic revival was a European architectural movement with origins in mid-18th century England. ... 1896 was a leap year starting on Wednesday (see link for calendar). ...

There are two major universities along Kiskörút: the Arts Faculty of ELTE (1883), and the former University of Economics, today Corvinus University of Budapest (Neorenaissance, 1874). Along Kiskörút, remnants of the old City Wall can still be seen (eg. at Ferenczy István utca corner), although most are already hidden in the courtyards of residential buildings. This article is about Eötvös Loránd University, which is often referred to as University of Budapest. ... 1883 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ... Corvinus University of Budapest The Corvinus University of Budapest is specialized in teaching economics, but in the last decades it incorporated other universities as well. ... 1874 was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...

See also

• Grand Boulevard
• Belváros

Nagykörút or Grand Boulevard (sometimes Great Boulevard, lit. ...

External links

• The Budapest Tourism Office on the Small Boulevard
• Little Boulevard