The Halaszbastya or Fisherman's Bastion is a terrace in neo-Gothic and neo-Romanesque style situated on the Buda bank of the Danube, on Castle Hill close to Matthias Church. It was designed and built between 1895 and 1902 to the plans of Frigyes Schulek.
The towers and the terrace offer a panoramic view of the river Danube, Margaret Island, Pest and Gellert Hill.
Its seven towers represent the seven Magyar tribes that settled in the Carpathian Basin in 896.
The Bastion takes its name from the guild of fishermen who were responsible for defending this stretch of the city walls in the Middle Ages.
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