Fisherman's Bastion, Neo-Romanesque bastion and lookout terrace in Castle District, Budapest, Hungary

The monument is a terraced overlook in the Castle District, with seven white limestone towers linked by stairways and walkways. From the platforms visitors look down at the Danube and across to the Parliament building on the opposite bank.

Frigyes Schulek designed the site between 1895 and 1902 as a symbolic monument to the seven Magyar tribes who arrived in the Carpathian Basin during the 9th century. The towers stand where the medieval city wall once ran.

The name comes from the guild of fishermen (halász) who, according to historians, guarded this stretch of the Buda city wall in the Middle Ages; it may also refer to Fishtown (Halászváros), the settlement below. The fishermen sold their catch at the fish market beside Matthias Church and defended the walls in wartime. Today the terraces are a public lookout over the Danube and Pest.

The lower terraces are freely accessible, while the upper viewing platforms charge an entrance fee and open mainly from spring to autumn. The climb includes narrow spiral stairs that may prove difficult for visitors with limited mobility.

The seven cone-roofed towers stand for the seven Magyar chieftains who led the conquest of 895, and the northern main tower rises on the site of the round Híradás (Telegraph) tower of the old bastion. The folded line of the parapet follows the earlier castle wall, each section placed to cover its neighbour with flanking fire.