Wenckheim Palace
Wenckheim Palace is a building in Budapest, Central Hungary. Wenckheim Palace is situated nearby to the library Fővárosi Szabó Ervin Könyvtár Központi Könyvtár, as well as near Fővárosi Szabó Ervin Könyvtár Zenei Gyűjteménye.Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY 2.5 hu.
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- Type: Building
- Description: building in Budapest District VIII, Hungary, currently the Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Central Library
- Also known as: “Metropolitan Ervin Szabo Central Library” and “Metropolitan Ervin Szabó Central Library”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Fővárosi Szabó Ervin Könyvtár Központi Könyvtár and Museum of Applied Arts.
Fővárosi Szabó Ervin Könyvtár Központi Könyvtár
Library
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Fővárosi Szabó Ervin Könyvtár Központi Könyvtár is a library.
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 450 metres southeast of Wenckheim Palace.
Great Market Hall
Marketplace
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The Great Market Hall or Central Market Hall, Market Hall I is the largest and oldest indoor market in Budapest, Hungary. The idea of building such a large market hall arose from the first mayor of Budapest, Károly Kamermayer, and it was his largest investment. Great Market Hall is situated 530 metres southwest of Wenckheim Palace.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Budapest’s Palace District and Pest.
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.
Pest
Suburb
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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
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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.
Wenckheim Palace
- Category: house
- Location: Budapest, Central Hungary, Hungary, Central Europe, Europe
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
47.48935° or 47° 29′ 22″ northLongitude
19.06469° or 19° 3′ 53″ eastInception
1889Levels
2Open location code
8FVXF3Q7+PVOpenStreetMap ID
way 254044422OpenStreetMap feature
building=yesWikidata ID
Q1464322
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In Other Languages
From Esperanto to Turkish—“Wenckheim Palace” goes by many names.
- Esperanto: “Palaco Wenckheim”
- French: “palais Wenckheim”
- French: “Palais Wenckheim”
- German: “Palais Wenckheim”
- Hungarian: “Wenckheim-palota”
- Turkish: “Wenckheim Sarayı”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Fővárosi Szabó Ervin Könyvtár Zenei Gyűjteménye and Károli Gáspár Református Egyetem Bölcsészettudományi Kar.
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