Buda

The Turks captured Buda by deception.

All Jews were expelled from Buda after its recapture by Hungary.

The Danube river, which separates the Buda and Pest areas of the Hungarian capital, totally submerged main roads after the river broke its banks, threatening several luxury hotels on the famous Margaret Island as well as coming closer to the Parliament building.

The medieval Jewish house of prayer in Buda now functions both as a museum and a synagogue.

On a drizzly mid-January evening, I stood at the arches of the wall of Buda Castle, overlooking the Danube and the 19th-century Chain Bridge that links Buda with Pest.