Pest (city)
Pest (in
Slovak Pešť, pron.
Pesht) was an independent
city in
Hungary located on the east bank of the
Danube River. The first written mentions of the city are found dating to
1148; however, an ancient
Celtic settlement and later
Roman settlements existed in the same place. The city became an important economical center during
11th–
13th centuries. It was destroyed in the
1241 Mongol invasion, but rebuilt once again soon thereafter.
In
1849 the first chain bridge was constructed across the Danube connecting Pest to
Buda. Consequently, in
1873, the two cities were unified with Obuda to become
Budapest.