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interiors have been carefully and com posers are buried close
preserved – the central hall is to great architects. Hungarian
very grand, and can be seen Communists who were
when visiting the museum or sentenced to death in the
with the caretaker’s permission. show trials of 1949, were buried
here. Their funerals inspired
5 Ferenc Puskás a revolutionary spirit which, a
few years later, led to the 1956
Stadium Uprising (see p36).
Puskás Ferenc stadion
Istvánmezei u. 3-5. Map 8 F1. 7 Józsefváros
Tel (06 1) 473 42 21. @ 95, 95A, 130, Parish Church
178. v 1. q Puskás Ferenc Stadion.
Closed for renovation until 2018. Józsefváros plébániatemplom
∑ magyarfutball.hu
Horváth Mihály tér 7. Map 7 C4.
Tel (06 1) 313 63 13. q Rákóczi tér.
Hungary’s biggest sports stadium,
named after the national Building work on this Baroque
football hero and legend church began in 1797, but The late Baroque façade of Józsefváros
Ferenc Puskás, was built it was not completed until 1814. Parish Church
between 1948–53 to a design The main altar is by József Hild.
by Károly Dávid. The roofless A formidable architectural villa is now the administration
structure seats 69,000, but composition, it is based on centre for the garden. It was
generally only fills to capacity a triumphal arch. This frames built in 1802–3, probably to
for major events. The entrance a magnificent painting, The a design by Mihály Pollack.
is at the end of the “Avenue Apotheosis of St Joseph, by The palm house has a huge
of Youth”, which is lined with Leopold Kupelwieser. The collection of tropical plants,
Stalinist-era statues, depicting church also has two beautiful, while in the Victoria House the
various sports, by well-known late Baroque side altars. striking Victoria cruziana flowers
Hungarian sculptors. once a year. The author Ferenc
Molnár (1878–1952) used the
6 Kerepesi 8 ELTE Füvészkert garden as a setting in his novel,
The Paul Street Boys, although
Cemetery Botanical Garden the lake mentioned in the book
Kerepesi temető ELTE Füvészkert no longer exists. Not far away
Illés utca 25. Map 8 D5. Tel (06 1) 314 are Pál utca (Paul Street) and
Fiumei út 16–20. Map 8 E3. @ 24, 37. 05 35 or 210 10 74. q Klinikák. Mária utca, the scene of a battle
v 24, 37.
Open Nov–Mar: 9am–4pm; Apr–Oct: the boys fought.
9am–5pm. & 8
Since 1847, the Kerepesi Cemetery 9 Ludovika
has provided the resting place A garden was first established
for many of Hungary’s most on this 3-ha (8-acre) site by Academy
prominent citizens. Fine the Festetics family. Their Ludovika Akadémia
tombstones mark the graves of modest, early Neo-Classical Ludovika tér 2–6. q Klinikák. Tel (06 1)
some, while others were interred 210 10 85. Open times vary; check
here inside large mausoleums. website for details. Natural History
The mausoleum of the leader Museum: Open 10am–6pm Wed–
of the 1948–9 uprising, Lajos Mon. 8 7 ∑ mttm.hu
Kossuth (see p110) and Lajos
Batthyány, the first prime The huge Ludovika Academy is in
minister of Hungary (see p33) district IX, east of the city centre.
are found here. Ferenc It was designed in the 1830s by
Deák, who formulated the Mihály Pollack, the famous archi-
Compromise with Austria tect of the Hungarian National
(see p34), is buried here. Museum (see pp134–7). A
Also at the cemetery are military academy until 1945,
the graves of poets Endre it is an impressive example
Ady and Attila József (see of Neo-Classical style, with
p110), writers Kálmán many original features
Mikszáth Zsigmond Móricz intact. It is now the city’s
and actors such as Lujza Natural History
Blaha, whose tomb is Museum, with a rich
particularly beautiful. paleontological
Sculptors, painters The tomb of actress Lujza Blaha at Kerepesi Cemetery collection.

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