Kis-Sváb Hill Protection Area which is part of the Buda landscape protection area and Duna-Ipoly National Park. Former called Martinovics Hill. Open to public. Under the protection of the Budapest Municipality since 1991. This 7.2 hectare area towering over a built in urban region of the city. From the highest point (258m asl.) of this nature reserve the view of the capital is magnificient. The hill primarly consist of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Upper_Triasssic" class="extiw" title="en:Upper Triasssic">Upper Triasssic</a> (200 mio. ys old) dolomite which is covered by late <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eocene" class="extiw" title="en:Eocene">Eocene</a> (38 mio. ys old) fossiliferous limestone. Most interesting fossils are calcite and baryte crystals, these have been found in the limestone quarries. Flora: the most important local plants are: saxicolous grasses and carstic scrub forests. These last often hiding protected plants like pasque flower (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pulsatilla_grandis" class="extiw" title="en:Pulsatilla grandis">pulsatilla grandis</a>) or yellow adonis (<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Adonis_vernalis" class="extiw" title="en:Adonis vernalis">Adonis vernalis</a>). - Approaching: by bus no.21 from Széll Kálmán square, get off at 'Zalatnai utca' stop or bus no. 39 from Déli railway station, get off 'Goldmark Károly utca' stop. <i>Source</i>: Budapest's Protected Natural Heritage. Edited by Municipality of Budapest in 1996. Supported by Phare (EU project), <a href="//commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/9630471523" title="Special:BookSources/9630471523">ISBN 9630471523</a>. - <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Budapest" class="extiw" title="en:Budapest">Budapest</a> District XII., <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hungary" class="extiw" title="en:Hungary">Hungary</a>.
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