Visegrád Gorge

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The Visegrád Gorge is a section of the Danube River in Hungary that separates the Bakony Mountains from the Northern Mountains. This gorge is a significant geographical feature, forming part of the natural transportation route across Slovakia and serving as a corridor between Žilina and Bratislava. The Vah River, a tributary of the Danube, also flows through a picturesque valley in Slovakia, with its upper course providing a natural transportation route. Hungary's relief is dominated by lowland expanses, with the Visegrád Gorge dividing the Transdanubia region from the Northern Mountains.12

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…Komárno the Danube enters the Visegrád Gorge, squeezed between the foothills of the Western Carpathian and the Hungarian Transdanubian Mountains. The steep right bank is crowned with fortresses, castles, and cathedrals of the Hungarian Árpád dynasty of the 10th to 15th century.
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…Komárno the Danube enters the Visegrád Gorge, squeezed between the foothills of the Western Carpathian and the Hungarian Transdanubian Mountains. The steep right bank is crowned with fortresses, castles, and cathedrals of the Hungarian Árpád dynasty of the 10th to 15th century.
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