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Szabadság híd (Liberty Bridge) connects Gellért Square on the Buda side with Fővám tér and the Great Market Hall on the Pest bank. Designed by János Feketeházy for the 1896 Millennium celebrations, the iron truss bridge is painted a distinctive green and crowned by four bronze Turul birds — mythological falcons from Hungarian legend — perched on its pylons.
Emperor Franz Joseph symbolically drove the final silver rivet on opening day, 4 October 1896. Originally named Franz Joseph Bridge, it was renamed Liberty Bridge after World War II. Damaged in 1945, it was the first Budapest bridge to be rebuilt post-war.