Wenckheim Palace
The Wenckheim Palace ( Hungarian Wenckheim-palota ) is a palace in Budapest , Hungary. It is located on Baross Strasse.
history
View of the palace (from the Kronprinzenwerk , 1893)
The building was built between 1886 and 1889 in the neo-baroque style by the German-born architect Arthur Meinig as a city residence for the Wenckheim family .
Today the headquarters of the city library is located there . The building was extensively renovated in 1999–2001.
See also
Web links
Commons : Metropolitan Ervin Szabo Library - collection of images, videos and audio files
- Fővárosi Szabó Ervin Könyvtár | History of the palace (Hungarian)
- Pictures of the renovation from 2001 (Hungarian)
Coordinates: 47 ° 29 ′ 21.7 ″ N , 19 ° 3 ′ 53 ″ E