During the Hungarian Revolution of 1848-1849, Count István Szécheny was appointed Minister of Public Works and Transport. He supported the regulation of the Danube to improve navigation and to open it to commercial shipping and trade from Buda to the Black Sea. He was thinking about the merge of Buda and Pest to become the political, economic and cultural center of Hungary. He supported the construction of the first permanent bridge between the two cities: the Chain Bridge.
========================(in Hungary) Featured here is the Széchenyi Bath in Hungary's capital, Budapest. The largest medicinal bath in Europe, its water is supplied by two thermal springs: one at a temperature of 74 °C (165 °F), and the other at 77 °C). When it opened in 1913, it was named Széchenyi spa, after one of the greatest statesmen in his nation's history, who is still considered by many as "the Greatest Hungarian." Located in the City Park, the Bath was built in Neo-Baroque style. It covered an area measuring 6,220 square meters (67,000 square feet). The complex was expanded in 1927 to its current size, with three outdoor and 15 indoor pools. The springs now supply 6,000,000 liters (1,600,000 US gallons) of hot water daily. (Between 1999 and 2009 the Széchenyi Thermal Bath was completely renovated.)
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