Babits promenade, Budapest

The promenade of Mihály Babits is located in the Buda Castle Quarter in the 1st District of Budapest.

It has been called: An der langen Wand, Bastei-Promenade, Várbástya, Bástyasétány, Horthy Miklós bastion promenade[1] It is located on the Eastern part of the Várhegy, between Bécsi Kapu and Erdélyi-bástya, and was surrounded by a double fortification.

There were gardens on the place of the promenade till 1936, which belonged to 11-25 Táncsics Milhály utca.

A 4 square metre part of the castle wall tumbled to the promenade on Christmas 2010.

[2] Removing of ruins and restructuring after World War II was the basis of Mihály Eisemann-László Dalos, Géza Baróti’s operetta, titled Bástyasétány 77.

Memorial tablet of Mihály Babits at the street