Siege of Buda

194576_63119fdd158a7457580587nyit.jpg A more than 300-year-old cannonball was found between the Chain Bridge and the Erzsébet Bridge in the Danube A 17th-century mortar ball was brought to the surface by the bomb-disposal experts from the bed between the Danube Chain Bridge and Erzsébet Bridge. The cannonball with a diameter of 30 centimetres did not contain any pyrotechnic material. The special find may have been dormant in the river since the siege of Buda in 1686.

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