St. Catherine of Alexandria Church, Budapest

The St. Catherine of Alexandria Church is a Roman Catholic church in the Tabán quarter of Budapest, Hungary. It is the parish church of the Tabán Parish which also comprises parts of Gellért Hill and Naphegy.

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Type: Church
Denomination: Roman Catholic
Description: parich church in Budapest 1st district
Also known as: “Church in Tabán”, “Saint Catherine Church of Tabán”, “Saint Catherine of Alexandria Church, Tabán”, “tabáni plébániatemplom”, and “tabáni Szent Katalin-templom”
Address: Attila út 11, Budapest, 1013

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Fairy Tale Museum and Semmelweis Museum of Medical History.

Fairy Tale Museum

Museum

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Semmelweis Museum of Medical History

Museum

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The Semmelweis Museum, Library and Archive of the History of Medicine is a museum, library and archive in Budapest, Hungary. It was founded in 1965, and became a department of the Hungarian National Museum in 2017. Semmelweis Museum of Medical History is situated 130 metres northwest of St. Catherine of Alexandria Church, Budapest.

National Széchényi Library

Library

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The National Széchényi Library is a library in Budapest, Hungary, located in Buda Castle. It is one of the two Hungarian national libraries, the other being University of Debrecen Library. National Széchényi Library is situated 470 metres northwest of St. Catherine of Alexandria Church, Budapest.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Tabán and Pest.

Tabán

Suburb

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The Tabán usually refers to an area within the 1st district of Budapest, the capital of Hungary. It lies on the Buda side of the Danube, to the south of György Dózsa Square, on the northern side of Elisabeth Bridge and to the east of Naphegy.

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.

St. Catherine of Alexandria Church, Budapest

Categories: parish church, Catholic church building, building, place of worship, and religion
Location: Pest County, Central Hungary, Hungary, Central Europe, Europe
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Latitude

47.49226° or 47° 29′ 32″ north

Longitude

19.04388° or 19° 2′ 38″ east

Inception

1736

Wheelchair access

yes

Open location code

8FVXF2RV+WH

OpenStreetMap ID

way 26469311

OpenStreetMap feature

amenity=place_of_worship

OpenStreetMap feature

building=church

OpenStreetMap attribute

denomination=roman_catholic

Wikidata ID

Q16540894

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In Other Languages

From Catalan to Russian—“St. Catherine of Alexandria Church, Budapest” goes by many names.

Catalan: “església de santa Caterina d’Alexandria”
Chinese: “圣加大肋纳堂 (布达佩斯)”
Chinese: “圣加大肋纳堂”
Esperanto: “preĝejo Katarina de Aleksandrio”
Esperanto: “Preĝejo Katarina de Aleksandrio”
French: “église de Tabán”
French: “église paroissiale Sainte-Catherine-d’Alexandrie de Tabán”
French: “église Sainte-Catherine-d’Alexandrie de Budapest”
French: “église Sainte-Catherine-d’Alexandrie de Tabán”
French: “Église Sainte-Catherine-d’Alexandrie de Tabán”
German: “Pfarrkirche Tabán”
Hungarian: “Alexandriai Szent Katalin-templom”
Hungarian: “Tabáni plébániatemplom”
Hungarian: “Tabáni templom”
Italian: “chiesa di Tabán”
Italian: “Chiesa di Tabán”
Russian: “Церковь Св.Екатерины Александрийской”

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