Near to the lower end of the City, the Buda hills gradually approach the Danube, Mount Gellert rising straight from the border of the quay. Curious-looking dolomite rocks project from the steep declivities of this hill, which over-hangs the river; and a dismantled Citadel, emerging above pretty woods, crowns the summit.

The history of Mount Gellert as already mentioned, reaches far back into the past. The Citadel however dates from a later time: it was built after 1850 by the Austrians so as to keep the Capital of Hungary under their cannons; it has now, however, for many years been destitute of any military or strategic character The Northern slopes of Mount Gellert were covered formerly with a confusion of small, narrow streets and miserable houses. It was the Raizentown or Taban (formerly inhabited by the Servians) a quarter of Oriental picturesqueness and indigence.

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Adapted from Illustrated Description of Hungary and its Capital