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.

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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 Pázmány Péter Catholic University.

Fővárosi Szabó Ervin Könyvtár Központi Könyvtár

Library

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Fővárosi Szabó Ervin Könyvtár Központi Könyvtár is a library.

Pázmány Péter Catholic University

University

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Pázmány Péter Catholic University is a private university in and near Budapest, Hungary, belonging to the Catholic Church and recognized by the state. While PPKE takes its name after an institution founded in 1635, it forms a modern, split-off limb from one of Hungary's oldest and most prestigious institutions of higher education, that has expanded further in the second half of the 20th century. Pázmány Péter Catholic University is situated 280 metres northeast of Wenckheim Palace.

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.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Budapest’s Palace District and Belső-Ferencváros.

Budapest’s Palace District

Suburb

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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.