House of Terror
The House of Terror is a museum located at Andrássy Avenue 60 in Budapest, Hungary. It contains exhibits related to the fascist and communist regimes in 20th-century Hungary and is also a memorial to the victims of these regimes, including those detained, interrogated, tortured, or killed in the building.Photo: Derzsi Elekes Andor, CC BY-SA 3.0.
- Type: Museum
- Description: museum about about terror regimes in Budapest, Hungary
- Also known as: “House of Terror Museum” and “Terror Háza Múzeum”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Városliget and Erkel Theatre.
Városliget
Photo: Сергей Марцынюк, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Városliget is a large park in Budapest. This article describes the western part of the 14th district: Városliget and Istvánmező.
Erkel Theatre
Theater building
Photo: Thaler Tamas, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The Erkel Theatre is a theatre in Budapest, Hungary. Being the largest public building in the city for decades, it functioned as a secondary stage to the Hungarian State Opera House from 1951. Erkel Theatre is situated 230 metres southeast of House of Terror.
Budapest East Railway Station
Railway station
Photo: Fahrradmonteur.de, GFDL.
Budapest Keleti station is the main international and inter-city railway terminal in Budapest, Hungary. The station stands where Rákóczi Avenue splits to become Kerepesi Avenue and Thököly Avenue. Budapest East Railway Station is situated 720 metres east of House of Terror.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Erzsébetváros and Budapest’s Palace District.
Erzsébetváros
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5 hu.
Erzsébetváros is the traditional name of the VII. district of Budapest. The name refers to Empress Elizabeth of Austria and Hungary, popularly known as Sissi. This is the smallest of Budapest's 23 districts, covering only 2 km².
Budapest’s Palace District
Suburb
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.
Józsefváros
Józsefváros is the traditional name of the VIII. district, literally meaning "Josephtown" and referring to Emperor Joseph II of Austria and Hungary. This area is popular, with scores of students and several cafés and pizzerias.
House of Terror
- Categories: tourist attraction and tourism
- Location: Budapest, Central Hungary, Hungary, Central Europe, Europe
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In Other Languages
From Bulgarian to Ukrainian—“House of Terror” goes by many names.
- Bulgarian: “Къща на терора”
- Bulgarian: “Къщата на терора”
- Catalan: “Casa del Terror”
- Chinese: “恐怖之屋”
- Croatian: “Kuća terora”
- Czech: “Dům teroru”
- Dutch: “Terror Haza Muzeum”
- Dutch: “Terror Háza Múzeum”
- Esperanto: “Domo de Teroro”
- Esperanto: “Muzeo de la Domo de Teroro”
- Estonian: “Terrori maja”
- Finnish: “Terrorin talo”
- French: “maison de la terreur”
- French: “Maison de la terreur”
- German: “Haus des Terrors”
- Greek: “Σπίτι του Τρόμου”
- Hebrew: “בית הטרור”
- Hungarian: “Andrássy út 60.”
- Hungarian: “Terror Háza Múzeum”
- Indonesian: “Terror Háza”
- Italian: “Casa del terrore”
- Italian: “Casa del Terrore”
- Japanese: “恐怖の館”
- Korean: “공포의 관”
- Korean: “공포의 집”
- Macedonian: “Куќа на теророт”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Terrorens hus”
- Norwegian: “Terrorens hus”
- Polish: “Terror Háza”
- Portuguese: “Casa do Terror”
- Russian: “Дом террора”
- Serbian: “Кућа терора”
- Slovak: “Dom teroru”
- Slovenian: “Hiša terorja”
- Spanish: “Casa del Terror”
- Swahili: “House of Terror Museum”
- Swahili: “Terror Háza Múzeum”
- Swedish: “House of Terror”
- Swedish: “Terrorns hus”
- Turkish: “Korku Evi”
- Turkish: “Terör Evi”
- Ukrainian: “Дім терору”
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