Belváros-Lipótváros, Budapest City, Central Hungary Region, Hungary

🇭🇺 Belváros-Lipótváros, Hungary, known as District V is the heart of Budapest and the political, financial, commercial and touristic centre of Hungary. The name of the district refers to the two historical neighbourhoods that are located in the district; Belváros ("Inner City") and Lipótváros ("Leopold Town"). Inner City is the old town of Pest, while Leopold Town was established in the early 19th century, and became the political and financial centre of Hungary in the early 20th century when the Hungarian Parliament was built. The Inner City is situated in the Pest side, on the banks of the Danube.

Today there is a coexisting larger definition of "inner city" (with lower case letters) which includes all of District V and some parts of District VI, District VII, District VIII, District IX and District XIII, and sometimes even some parts of the Buda side, however this larger definition is only colloquial.

The reason Inner City is not the 1st district, is that until 1873, Buda served as the capital city of Hungary, so it was obvious to start the numbering at the Buda Castle District. Districts on the Pest side received numbers from IV to X.

Geography: Location The Inner City is situated in the Pest side, on the banks of the Danube.

Neighbours of District V are (clockwise from north): • Újlipótváros ("New Leopold Town") neighbourhood of the District XIII • District VI: Terézváros ("Theresa Town") • District VII: Erzsébetváros ("Elizabeth Town") • District VIII: Józsefváros ("Joseph Town") • District IX: Ferencváros ("Francis Town") • River Danube.

Landmarks Inner City: • Inner City Parish Church • Váci Street • Evangelical Church on Ferenc Deák Square • Pilvax Café • Elisabeth Bridge; Leopold Town: • Hungarian Parliament Building • St Stephen's Basilica • Hungarian Academy of Sciences • Széchenyi Chain Bridge • Gresham Palace • Vigadó Concert Hall • Liberty Square • Danube Promenade • University Church • U.S. Embassy • Supreme Court • Ministry of Education • Ministry of Youth • Ethnographical Museum.