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.
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  • 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.

Photo: Сергей Марцынюк, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a large park in . This article describes the western part of the 14th district: and Istvánmező.

Theater building
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The is a theatre in , . The largest theatre in the city with 1819 seats, it functioned as a secondary venue to the from 1951 until 2024. is situated 230 metres southeast of House of Terror.

Railway station
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Budapest Keleti station is the main international and inter-city railway terminal in , Hungary. The station stands where Rákóczi Avenue splits to become Kerepesi Avenue and Thököly Avenue. is situated 720 metres east of House of Terror.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Népszínháznegyed and Erzsébetváros.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

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is the traditional name of the VII. district of . 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.

Suburb
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is a suburb.

House of Terror

Latitude
47.49839° or 47° 29′ 54″ north
Longitude
19.07483° or 19° 4′ 29″ east
Elevation
103 metres (338 feet)
Open location code
8FVXF3XF+9W
Geo­Names ID
7287898
Wiki­data ID
Q372376
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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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