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Petőfi Literary Museum

Museum

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The Petőfi Literary Museum is a major Hungarian museum in Budapest. It was founded in 1954, as the successor organisation to Petőfi House and, today, is housed in the former Károlyi Palace. It was named to honour the memory of Sándor Petőfi. Petőfi Literary Museum is situated 290 metres southwest of Astoria.

Hungarian State Opera House

Theater building

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The Hungarian State Opera House is a historic opera house located in central Budapest, on Andrássy avenue. Originally known as the Hungarian Royal Opera House, it was designed by Miklós Ybl, a major figure of 19th-century Hungarian architecture. Hungarian State Opera House is situated 1 km north of Astoria.

Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives

Museum

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Hungarian Jewish Museum and Archives is situated 230 metres north of Astoria.

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Belváros

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Belváros or Downtown is the V. District of Budapest. It consists of two historic neighbourhoods with well-defined borders within the V. District - Lipótváros in the north includes the Parliament and many governmental buildings, Szent István Basilica and some museums, while the southern part is mostly high-class accommodations, shops and nightlife area.

Budapest’s Palace District

Suburb

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Budapest's Palotanegyed forms an inner part of Pest, the eastern half of Budapest. Known until the communist period as the ‘Magnates’ Quarter’, it consists of the most westerly part of the city's Eighth District, or Józsefváros, which was named on 7 November 1777 after Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor and Archduke of Austria, who reigned 1765-1790.

Pest

Suburb

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Pest is the part of Budapest, the capital city of Hungary, that lies on the eastern bank of the Danube. Pest was administratively unified with Buda and Óbuda in 1873.

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