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New Building (Pest)

Pest, Kingdom of Hungary · built 1786

The New Building (in Hungarian Újépület, in German Neugebäude) was a fortress located in Pest as a jail. The construction began under the direction of János Hild, the father of József Hild and dissolved in 1897, it became the nickname the Hungarian Bastille. Found on his old footprint the current Szabadság tér.

Prison data from Wikidata (CC0). Summary from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA).

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