Fishermen's Bastion - Hungary sights - Budapest

If you walk up to the Castle District in the evening from the Danube embankment, the illuminated, snow-white towers of the Fishermen?s Bastion (?Halaszbastya?) rise up ahead, like so many sugar-loaves.
You are more likely to associate the sight with fairy tales than with soldiers, although it is the latter who are the rightful users of a bastion. The Fishermen? Bastion has never served as a defence, it was built in 1905 purely as a lookout terrace and to augment the cityscape. It follows the line of the old city walls and is near the site of a former fish market. And the connection with fishermen? Back in the mists of time it was the Fishermen?s Guild who were responsible for defending this section of the castle ramparts.