Agóra Corvin

Agóra Corvin is a church in Budapest, Central Hungary. Agóra Corvin is situated nearby to the park Molnár Ferenc tér, as well as near Pázmány Péter Catholic University Faculty of Information Technology and Bionics.

Type: Church
Denomination: Evangelical
Wheelchair access: no

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Hungarian Natural History Museum and Museum of Applied Arts.

Hungarian Natural History Museum

Museum

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The Hungarian Natural History Museum in Budapest, dating back to 1802, houses the largest natural history collections of Hungary and the region. Hungarian Natural History Museum is situated 590 metres southeast of Agóra Corvin.

Museum of Applied Arts

Museum

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The Museum of Applied Arts is a museum in Budapest, Hungary. It is the third-oldest applied arts museum in the world. It was established by the Hungarian Parliament in 1872 to collect applied artworks, historical and contemporary, from Hungary and around the world. Museum of Applied Arts is situated 1 km west of Agóra Corvin.

Holocaust Memorial Center

Museum

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The Holocaust Memorial Center is a Jewish Holocaust history museum, located at 39 Páva Utca, Budapest, in Hungary. Situated in the grounds of the former Páva Street Synagogue, completed in the 1920s, the museum serves as a memorial for and about Hungarian Jews who were murdered in the Holocaust. Holocaust Memorial Center is situated 590 metres southwest of Agóra Corvin.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Józsefváros and Budapest’s Palace District.

Józsefváros

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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.

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.