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The Vizivaros's main square, named Batthyany ter after the nineteenth-century prime minister, was originally called Bomba ter after the ammunition depot sited here for the defence of the Danube waterway. Now home to a long-established market and the underground interchange between the red metro line and the HEV rail line to Szentendre, it's always busy with shoppers and commuters. To the right of the market is a sunken, two-storey building that used to be the White Cross Inn , where Casanova reputedly once stayed. Many of the older buildings in this area are sunken in this way: ground level was raised several feet in the last century to combat flooding. The twin-towered St Anna Parish Church , on the corner of the square, sports the Buda coat of arms on its tympanum. Heading south along Fo utca, you'll see a spiky polychrome-tiled church on Szilagyi Deszo ter , alongside the embankment. It was here that the Arrow Cross massacred hundreds of Jews, shooting them into the river in January of 1945, when Eichmann and the SS had already fled the city, which was by then encircled by the Red Army. An inconspicuous plaque commemorates the victims. Further on, you can see the old Capuchin Church featuring Turkish window arches, at no. 30 on the left-hand side, and the Institut Francais at no. 17, a block or two before you emerge onto Clark Adam ter, facing the Lanchid; the Institut celebrates Bastille Day with an outdoor concert beside the Danube.
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