Sunday 21 March 2010

Question for Mar. 22nd -- Dev

Posting early due to travel plans...

X became a single city occupying both banks of the river Y with a unification in the year 1873. The name X is a concatenation of the names of the two cities on either side of Y.

Regarded as one of the most beautiful cities in Europe, its extensive World Heritage Site includes the banks of the Y, Heroes' Square and the Millennium Underground Railway, the second oldest in the world. Other highlights include a total of 80 geothermal springs, the world's largest thermal water cave system, second largest synagogue, and third largest Parliament building.

Identify X and Y.

5 comments:

Ankur said...

X- Istanbul?
Y - ?

Hariharasudhan Viswanathan said...

Budapest?

Gypsy said...

X = Budapest
Y = Danube

D said...

X= Budapest
Y= River Danube

The Answer said...

X = Budapest
Y = Danube