[:ja]サマンサ・クリストフォレッティ宇宙飛行士がISSから撮影したハンガリーの首都ブダペストです。
8月20日はハンガリーの建国記念日で、聖イシュトバーンの日でもあります。ハンガリー王国の初代国王イシュトヴァーン1世は1000年頃にキリスト教に改宗しローマ教皇から戴冠を受け、カトリック教会では聖人として列聖されています。また、それを記念して毎年ドナウ川上で花火が打ち上げられます。ブダペストはドナウ川河畔に位置し、人口は176万人を擁する東・中央ヨーロッパ最大の都市で、政治、文化、商業、産業、交通の一大中心都市です。また、ブダペストはヨーロッパでも最も美しい街の一つで、ドナウ川河岸を含め世界遺産が広がりブダ城やアンドラーシ通り、英雄広場は良く知られています。
地上の様子はこちらです。
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[Earthview Wonders] No.1619: Budapest🇭🇺
Astronaut Samantha Cristoforetti captured from ISS Budapest, the capital of Hungary.
August 20th is the St. Stephens Day and Hungarian State Foundation Day, in memory of the state’s founding and its founder King Saint Stephen. St. Stephen, as the first king of Hungary, led the country into the Christian church and established the institutions of the kingdom and the church. He was canonized on August 20, 1083, and August 20th has since become his feast day in Hungary. Celebrated with a half-hour fireworks display on the bank of the Danube in the evening, watched from both river banks, the Buda hills, and the rooftops of Pest and Buda. Under the Hungarian People’s Republic, 20 August was celebrated as the founding of the socialist republic.
Budapest is the center of politics, culture, commerce, industry and transportation. Budapest is also famous for 80 geothermal springs with the world’s largest thermal water cave system. Budapest is cited as one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, with numerous worldclass museums in the city. The central area of the city along the Danube River is classified as a UNESCO World Heritage Site and has many notable monuments, including the Hungarian Parliament, Buda Castle, Fisherman’s Bastion, Gresham Palace, Széchenyi Chain Bridge, Matthias Church and the Liberty Statue.
The local scenery on the ground is as follows.
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