Budapest’s Palace District
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.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Suburb with 9,710 residents
- Description: a part of District 8 in Budapest, Hungary
- Also known as: “Palota negyed” and “Palotanegyed”
Places of Interest
Highlights include Festetics Palace, Budapest and Esterházy Palace, Budapest.
Festetics Palace, Budapest
Castle
Photo: Thaler, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Festetics Palace, Budapest is a castle.
Esterházy Palace, Budapest
Public building
Photo: Thaler, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Esterházy Palace, Budapest is a public building.
Dohány Street Synagogue
Synagogue
Photo: OsvátA, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Dohány Street Synagogue, also known as the Great Synagogue or Tabakgasse Synagogue, is a Neolog Jewish congregation and synagogue, located on Dohány Street in Erzsébetváros of Budapest, Hungary.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Pest and Belváros.
Pest
Suburb
Photo: AlasdairW, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
Belváros
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
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.
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
- Categories: neighborhood and locality
- Location: Budapest, Central Hungary, Hungary, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude
47.49219° or 47° 29′ 32″ northLongitude
19.0661° or 19° 3′ 58″ eastPopulation
9,710Elevation
95 metres (312 feet)Open location code
8FVXF3R8+VCOpenStreetMap ID
node 2484002498OpenStreetMap feature
place=suburbGeoNames ID
12749914Wikidata ID
Q1414054
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In Other Languages
From Arabic to Hungarian—“Budapest’s Palace District” goes by many names.
- Arabic: “حي القصر في بودابست”
- French: “Palota”
- French: “Palotanegyed”
- German: “Palastviertel”
- Hungarian: “Palotanegyed”
- “Palotanegyed”
Localities in the Area
Explore places such as Csarnok Quartier and Belső-Ferencváros.
Notable Places Nearby
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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Budapest’s Palace District”. Photo: Chmehl, CC BY 3.0.