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u New Theatre
Új Színház
Paulay Ede utca 35. Map 2 E5.
Tel (1) 269 60 21. q Opera.
Originally completed in 1909,
this building has undergone
many transformations. It was
designed by Béla Lajta in
the Secession style, and,
as the home of the cabaret
troupe Parisian Mulató,
became a shrine to frivolity.
In 1921 the building was
completely restyled by
László Vágó, who turned it
into a theatre. After World
War II, the theatre gained a
glass-and-steel façade, and
a children’s theatre company
was based here.
Between 1988 and 1990 the
building was returned to its
original form, using Lajta’s plans.
Gilding, stained glass and marble
once more adorn this unusual
building. Today, Hungary’s New
Theatre is in residence here.
i House of Terror
Museum
Terror Háza Múzeum
The Liszt Academy’s Grand Hall, with gilding restored to its 1907 magnificence Andrássy út 60. Map 2 F4. Tel (1) 374
26 00. q Vörösmarty utca. v 4, 6 to
t New York Palace y Liszt Academy Oktogon. Open 10am–6pm Tue–Sun.
& ∑ terrorhaza.hu
New York palota of Music
Liszt Ferenc Zeneakadémia
Erzsébet körút 9–11. Map 2 F5. The museum records in graphic
Tel (1) 886 61 11. q Blaha Lujza tér. Liszt Ferenc tér 8. Map 2 F4. detail the grim events that took
v 4, 6.∑ budapest.boscolo Tel (1) 321 06 90. v 4, 6 to Király place here from 1936 – when
hotels.com utca. 8 by prior arrangement. the Arrow Cross (the Hungarian
∑ lisztacademy.hu Nazi Party) took over the
Built in 1891–5 to a design by building as its headquarters –
the architect Alajos Hausz mann, The Academy is housed in a until 1956, when it was
the New York Palace was once the late Historicist palace, built in turned into a club for Young
offices of an American insur ance 1904–7 by Kálmán Giergl and Communists. Set over three
firm. Today it is a luxurious 5-star Flóris Korb. Above the main floors, the most chilling part of
hotel. The building displays an entrance there is a statue of the museum is the basement,
eclectic mix of Neo-Baroque and Ferenc (Franz) Liszt, by Alajos where the various types of
Secession motifs. The decorative Stróbl. The six bas-reliefs above prison cell have been recreated.
sculptures that animate the façade its base are by Ede Telcs, and
are the work of Károly Senyei. depict the history of music.
On the ground floor is the Restoration has recreated
renowned New York Café. Its the Secessionist interior in
walls are adorned with paintings all its original splendour,
by Gusztáv Mann heimer and while also outfitting the
Károly Lotz. The beautiful, richly per formance spaces with
gilded Neo-Baroque interior, 21st-century technology.
with its grand chandeliers and The jewel is the ornate
marble pillars, was once the Grand Hall, a world-famous
favourite haunt of literary and concert venue – not only
artistic circles, though today it for its beauty, but also because The House of Terror Museum, docu menting
tends to attract mainly tourists. of its superb acoustics. tragic 20th-century events

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