Sashegy

It is a green, upper middle class area in Buda with expensive family homes.

According to a popular legend a parade was held on 2 September 1686 by the victorious Christian armies after capturing Buda Castle from the Ottoman Turks.

German colonists played an important part in the rebirth of viticulture in the Buda Hills.

[3] The lower slopes were planted with orchards, mainly peach-trees,[4] while the rocky upper areas of the hill remained barren all times.

In the beginning of the 20th century a military complex was built at the foot of the hill (now Petőfi Barracks).

The first great building on the hill itself was the college of the Congregation of Notre Dame de Sion, established in 1930.

The huge, yellow Neo-Baroque building on the hillside was built in 1930 by the Congregation of Notre-Dame de Sion.

It was one of the first nature reserves of Hungary, protecting the limestone landscape and its special flora and fauna.

The park service maintains a visitor center and a 2350 m long circular trail, displaying the most important natural features of the reserve.