Palace of Arts (Budapest)
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The Palace of Arts (Művészetek Palotája in Hungarian) is a building in Ferencváros, Budapest, Hungary, officially opened in March 2005. It houses the Bartók National Concert Hall, the Ludwig Museum and the Festival Theater, altogether on 53,170 square meters.
The Bartók National Concert Hall is 25 m high, 25 m wide and 52 m long, providing a total capacity for 1699 persons. The Palace as a whole can accommodate altogether 4500 people.
The organ of the above concert hall, inaugurated in 2006, has 92 stops and 5 manuals as well as 470 wooden pipes, 5028 tin pipes and 1214 reed pipes. It is one of the largest organs in Europe.
This hall will be accommodating the International Organ Festival from June 25 to 30, 2006. [1]
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[edit] FIABCI award in 2006
It received the Prix d’Excellence of FIABCI in 2006. [2] [3] (Hungarian)
[edit] Location
It is located near Lágymányosi Bridge and is available from the southern end of Grand Boulevard with a ten-minute walk or by HÉV.
Next to it can be found the National Theatre, opened in 2002.
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