Flood of 1838 - Global Citizenship Summer School (sitios de interés)

One of the most dramatic floods in the history of Budapest happened in 1838 but it also proved a stimulus for the development of the Pest side of the city which was to became Budapest in 1873. Namely, because of the fact that the flood of 1838 severely affected Pest for greater part and thus much of the city was destroyed, the city had to be rebuilt and some of building which survived this natural diseaster needed to be restored. As a result, Pest was rebuilt in its modern architectural style.