City Park (Budapest)

The City Park (; ) is a public park close to the centre of Budapest, Hungary. It is a rectangle, with an area of , located in District XIV of Budapest, between "Hungária körút", "Ajtósi Dürer sor", "Vágány utca" and "Dózsa György út". Its main entrance is at Heroes' Square ("Hősök tere"), one of Hungary's World Heritage sites.
Name.
The area was formerly called "Ökör-dűlő", meaning "Oxmeadow". The first mention of the name comes from 1241 in the archaic form, Ukurföld. In the 18th century, the area was called "Ochsenried" in German. Around 1800 the official name was changed to "Batthyány-erdő" (Batthyány Forest) after its tenants, the Batthyány family. The first trees and planified walkways were established in 1751 and after the public park was created in the first decades of the 19th century the present-day name, "Városliget" (and its German version, "Stadtwäldchen", lit.: "little city forest") was accepted and it became one of the first public parks in the world. 
History.
The City Park was the main venue of the 1896 millennium celebrations of Hungary, by which time Andrássy Avenue, Millennium Underground and the Grand Boulevard had been built.
Sports.
The park hosted motorsport events in the 1950s. 
Main sights.
City Park includes the following sights: