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O. Lakeside city located inside the embankment or on top of it (7) = TORONTO
Their architecture has done nothing for the aesthetics of the embankment viewed from the Buda side of the river, but, ironically, looking in the opposite direction, they provide some of the ﬁnest views of the city.
There are some more baths (fürdo) with a wonderful atmosphere in which to relax just along the Buda embankment (rakpart) by the entrance to the Erzsébet híd (Elizabeth Bridge).
North of the museum the embankment is relieved by arcades, terraces, Neo-Classical statues, ceremonial staircases, and gateways (not open to the public) which lead up to the Royal Palace.
The riverfront promenade on the left bank of the Huangpu used to be called the Bund (Waitan), from an Anglo-Indian word for an embankment on a muddy shore.