Üllői út (Üllői Avenue, lit. means "Road to

Üllő Üllő is a town in Pest county, Hungary. It is around 25 km south-east of the centre of Budapest Budapest (, ; ) is the capital and most populous city of Hungary. It is the ninth-largest city in the European Union by population withi ...

") is a major transport artery in

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. Üllői út is the longest avenue in Budapest. It is 15.6 km long and nearly perfectly straight. It starts at the edge of

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proper, crosses Small Boulevard and Grand Boulevard and runs as far as the boundary of the capital in southeastern direction, reaching the nearby towns (

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) of Vecsés and

, the latter providing its name. During the socialist era, the avenue's name was Vörös Hadsereg útja (lit. Street of the

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) between

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(pre-1950 city limit) and the present (post-1950) city limit. See also:

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The Metro 3 runs under it from

Kálvin tér Kálvin tér (English: Calvin Square) is a major square and intersection in the city center of Budapest, the capital of Hungary. It was named after the French Protestant Reformer John Calvin (''Kálvin János'' in Hungarian) due to the large R ...

as far as

, having 8 stations along it. It has a side-road leading to Ferihegy Airport, the most important international airport of Hungary. It also forms the boundary between

Ferencváros Ferencváros () is the 9th district of Budapest ( hu, Budapest IX. kerülete), Hungary. Name The southern suburb of Pest was named after King Francis II, Holy Roman Emperor, Francis I on 4 December 1792 when he was crowned king of Hungary. ...

and

Józsefváros Józsefváros (german: Josefstadt) is the 8th district of Budapest, Hungary. It is the part of the city centre in the wider sense as one of the 18–19th century older suburbs, close to Belváros. Location The main streets in Józsefváros ...

. Üllő means "anvil" in Hungarian. Among its notable points are * Semmelweis University * Museum of Applied Arts *Semmelweis University Clinics * Szent István Hospital and

Szent László Ladislaus I ( hu, László, hr, Ladislav, sk, Ladislav, pl, Władysław; 1040 – 29 July 1095), also known as Saint Ladislas, was King of Hungary from 1077 and King of Croatia from 1091. He was the second son of King Béla I of Hungary and ...

Hospital (together Üllői Avenue Clinics, the largest hospital complex in Budapest) * Stadion Albert Flórián (former Üllői úti stadion/Stadion Üllői Avenue) * People's Park with the central

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station *

Attila József Attila József (; 11 April 1905 – 3 December 1937) was one of the most famous Hungarians, Hungarian poets of the 20th century. Generally not recognized during his lifetime, József was hailed during the communist era of the 1950s as Hunga ...

microdistrict (built 1957–1967), the first

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-style

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in Budapest *

Wekerletelep The Wekerle estate ( hu, Wekerletelep) is a part of Budapest's XIX. district (known as Kispest). Kispest, formerly a suburb was administratively attached to Budapest in 1950 along with several other settlements of Greater Budapest. Wekerle estat ...

, a historic

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built before and around WWI, named after Sándor Wekerle, its central square planned by the architect Károly Kós.

Sources

* ''Budapest City Atlas'', Dimap, Budapest, 2006, CM Streets in Budapest Urban planning in Hungary {{Hungary-road-stub