Széchenyi Chain Bridge Review

The chain bridge is made of cast iron, the stone bridge tower is an arch, and there are two majestic stone lions at the head of the bridge, symbolizing bravery and also the beast of the bridge. The chain bridge is 375 meters long and15.7 meters wide, and the distance between the adjacent piers is 203 meters. This is the largest bridge in the world at that time. Behind the bridge, there is a moving story. In the winter of 1820, the count of Cecchini received the news that his father was in danger of illness in the palace of Cecchini in Vienna, Austria, and the count urgently wanted to cross the river, but at that time there was no permanent bridge on the Danube, only a pontoon bridge. At this time, the ice floe was blocked in winter, and the pontoon could not be erected. When the ice floe melted across the bridge, His father died. Count Selchenyi was so guilty that he united the nobles and funded the bridge himself that it was blown up by the Germans during World War II. After the war, it was not until 1949 that the Selcheny Chain Bridge resumed its Baroque style and opened to use. The Selcheny Chain Bridge, which has been through the vicissitudes of time, was named one of the ten most beautiful bridges in the world. Today, it is undoubtedly the city card of Budapest, the most beautiful scenery on the Danube.