Dirnfeld Janka tér

Dirnfeld Janka tér is a square in Budapest, Central Hungary. Dirnfeld Janka tér is situated nearby to the health club Power Fitness, as well as near Pázmány Péter Catholic University Faculty of Information Technology and Bionics.

Places of Interest Nearby

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

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 Dirnfeld Janka tér.

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 690 metres southeast of Dirnfeld Janka tér.

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 550 metres southwest of Dirnfeld Janka tér.

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.