The Palace of Music (''Zenepalota'') is a building in Bartók square,

Miskolc Miskolc ( , , ; Czech language, Czech and sk, Miškovec; german: Mischkolz; yi, script=Latn, Mishkoltz; ro, Mișcolț) is a city in northeastern Hungary, known for its heavy industry. With a population of 161,265 (1 Jan 2014) Miskolc is the ...

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. It is in the Béla Bartók Secondary School and the Béla Bartók Music Institute (a faculty of the

University of Miskolc The University of Miskolc (before 1990: ''Technical University of Heavy Industry'') is the largest university of Northern Hungary. Location Most of the buildings can be found in Egyetemváros ("University Town"), a part of the city of Miskolc. I ...

.) Designed by Gyula Waelder in Neo-baroque style, it was constructed between 1926 and 1927.

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loans -- just like that of the Hotel Palace in

Lillafüred Lillafüred (Miskolc-Lillafüred) is a town in Borsod-Abaúj-Zemplén county, Hungary. Officially, it is a part of Miskolc, though it is almost 12 kilometres away from the city, in the Bükk Mountains. Lillafüred is a tourist resort. Hist ...

and the Market Hall on Búza tér -- financed the project. The Palace plays an important role in the cultural life of the city. It has a large concert hall where concerts are regularly held. The music institute -- originally named after the violinist

Jenő Hubay Jenő Hubay, Jenő Hubay von Szalatna, hu, szalatnai Hubay Jenő (; 15 September 185812 March 1937), also known by his German name Eugen Huber (), was a Hungarian violinist, composer and music teacher. Early life Hubay was born into a Ger ...

-- moved into the building in 1927, on the 25th anniversary of its founding.

Sources

* István Dobrossy: ''Miskolc írásban és képekben 4.'' (Miskolc, 1997) * Miskolc (Budapest, 1979) * Miskolc (Panoráma magyar városok sorozat, 1982; )

External links

Official site of the secondary school

Pictures of the Palace (images 5-8)
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