Minta Gymnasium

Minta Gymnasium was a secondary school in Budapest, Hungary, founded by Mór Kármán, Hungarian philosopher and educator who reformed the Hungarian school system.

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Email: titkarsag@trefort.elte.hu
Type: School
Also known as: “ELTE Trefort Ágoston Gyakorló Gimnázium” and “ELTE Trefort Ágoston Gyakorlóiskola”
Address: Trefort utca 8, Budapest, 1088

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Pázmány Péter Catholic University and Urania National Film Theatre.

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 290 metres southeast of Minta Gymnasium.

Urania National Film Theatre

Movie theater

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The Urania National Film Theatre, formerly the Urania Hungarian Scientific Theatre, is in Budapest, Hungary. Designed by Henrik Schmahl, a German-born architect who lived in Budapest, it was built in 1896. Urania National Film Theatre is situated 150 metres north of Minta Gymnasium.

Festetics Palace, Budapest

Castle

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Festetics Palace, Budapest is a castle, which is situated 210 metres south of Minta Gymnasium.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Budapest’s Palace District and Belváros.

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.

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.