Károlyi Palace is a 19th-century palace located at 6 Reviczky Street and 17 Museum Street in

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. The palace was built in

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Károlyi family The House of Károlyi is the name of an old and prominent Hungarian noble family, whose members held the title of Count in Hungary, awarded to them on 5 April 1712 by Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor. They claim descent from the late 9th century Mag ...

History

The palace, also known as the Károlyi-Csekonics Palace, was built in 1881 for Count

István Károlyi István () is a Hungarian language equivalent of the name Stephen or Stefan. It may refer to: People with the given name Nobles, palatines and judges royal * Stephen I of Hungary (c. 975–1038), last grand prince of the Hungarians and first k ...

and his wife, Margit , and was designed by Viennese architects

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Hermann Helmer Hermann Gottlieb Helmer (13 July 1849 – 2 April 1919) was a German architect who mainly worked in Austria. Biography After completing an apprenticeship as a bricklayer, and some further education he joined the architecture firm of Ferdinand ...

. The palace is located in the

neighborhood, in the 8th district of Budapest, on a plot between two streets, with a one-story façade on Museum Street () and a four-story façade on Reviczky Street (), as well as a large inner courtyard. Inside, the wing on Museum Street has a hall, with works by Endre Thék, a courtyard entrance hall, coffered ceilings, and twisted columns. In the 1890s, the grand hall on Reviczky Street was reconstructed by

Arthur Meinig Arthur Meinig (Hungarian: Meinig Arthur) was a Kingdom of Saxony-born architect from Austria-Hungary. He was born in Waldheim, Saxony on 7 November 1853 and died in Budapest on 14 September 1904. After studying in Dresden, he worked for archit ...

Current use

The palace previously housed the Hungarian Government's Office of Public Administration and Justice. Between 2016 and 2020, the palace underwent a complete restoration, with the Museum Street wing converted into an event space and the Reviczky Street wing transformed into a modern educational unit for the

Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church in Hungary (Hungarian: ''Károli Gáspár Református Egyetem''), also known as KRE, is a Christian university in Budapest, Hungary. The university has more than 8000 students. The university ha ...

Gallery

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External links

{{Authority control Palaces in Hungary Museums in Hungary Reviczky Street