Visegrád

Visegrád
Descending, from top: the city in the Danube Bend, ruins of the Royal Palace, gate of the Citadel
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Visegrád Location of Visegrád
Coordinates: 47°47′05″N 18°58′25″E / 47.78483°N 18.97367°E / 47.78483; 18.97367Coordinates: 47°47′05″N 18°58′25″E / 47.78483°N 18.97367°E / 47.78483; 18.97367
Country	Hungary
County	Pest
Area
• Total	33.27 km2 (12.85 sq mi)
Population (2010)
• Total	1,864
• Density	56.03/km2 (145.1/sq mi)
Time zone	CET (UTC+1)
• Summer (DST)	CEST (UTC+2)
Postal code	2025
Area code(s)	26

Visegrád (Hungarian pronunciation: [ˈviʃɛɡraːd]) is a small castle town in Pest County, Hungary. It is north of Budapest on the right bank of the Danube in the Danube Bend. It had a population of 1,864 in 2010. Visegrád is famous for the remains of the Early Renaissance summer palace of King Matthias Corvinus of Hungary and the medieval citadel.

The name Visegrád (Vyšehrad) is of Slavic origin, meaning acropolis, literary "the upper castle" (the castle with a privileged position) or "the upper settlement". In modern Slovak and Czech the form is Vyšehrad. In Serbian language, it is known as Višegrad and when pronounced, it sounds the same as it does in Hungarian.

There is a town in Bosnia and Herzegovina/Republika Srpska with the same name, Višegrad; a city in Ukraine right next to Kiev named Vyshhorod; one in Poland with the name Wyszogród and the Vyšehrad castle in Prague (Czech Republic) and Slovakia.