Akadémia utca (Academic Road) is between Roosvelt tér and Kossuth Lajos tér in Belváros–Lipótváros

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. Stone wall on the quay was ready in 1860. A new line of building sides was created between Lánchídfő and Zoltán utca. It was built during a short period. It had been called Újpesti út before the headquarters of the

Hungarian Academy of Sciences The Hungarian Academy of Sciences ( hu, Magyar Tudományos Akadémia, MTA) is the most important and prestigious learned society of Hungary. Its seat is at the bank of the Danube in Budapest, between Széchenyi rakpart and Akadémia utca. Its ma ...

was opened. Since 1865 the road has been called Akadémia utca.

Buildings and structures

* House of Captain Sándor Varga. It is a four-floor

classicist Classics or classical studies is the study of classical antiquity. In the Western world, classics traditionally refers to the study of Classical Greek and Roman literature and their related original languages, Ancient Greek and Latin. Classics ...

corner house built in 1835 by Mátyás Zitterbach. Main facade is portioned by

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. There is a grilled balcony on the central

risalit An ''avant-corps'' ( it, avancorpo or , plural , german: Risalit, pl, ryzalit), a French term literally meaning "fore-body", is a part of a building, such as a porch or pavilion, that juts out from the ''corps de logis'', often taller than othe ...

. Sándor Ikes owned this house from 1838 until 1845. Then Károly Emmerling asked Ferenc Kasselik to redesign to building for a new hotel, called István főherceg (Stephen archduke). It was the headquarters of the Justice, the Industry and Trade and the Agriculture Departments. In the same year—in November—

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. Soldiers of Henrich Hentzi damaged the building, but it was redesigned by Ferenc Kasselik. Rezső Hikisch added two new floors. During the

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the building again damaged. It was restored by Elemér Nagy in 1958. * Tänzer House (Tänzer-ház). Left from the classicist Upper-Danube line, the two-story house has a risalit at the centre and a balcony on the front side. There is a

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which connects the two floors. There is a tympanum above the central risalit, and a classicist fountain in the yard. The house was built in 1836 by

József Hild József Hild (born Josef Hild, 8 December 1789 – 6 March 1867) was a Hungarian-German architect.Hild József

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Streets in Budapest Odonyms referring to a building Belváros-Lipótváros {{Hungary-road-stub

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