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The Castle District (Varnegyed) is the historic medieval quarter at the heart of the Buda side of Budapest, occupying the long limestone ridge of Castle Hill that rises above the Danube. The district, together with the banks of the Danube and Andrassy Avenue, was inscribed on the UNESCO World Heritage List in 1987 and is the best-preserved historic quarter of the city, with a network of medieval cobbled streets, Baroque and Gothic houses, churches and the great royal palace at its southern end. ...