Király Street

Királyutca-Designutca Cluster – Király Street

From July of 2009 the owners of the shops in Király Street started to organize special events together to revive this unique area of Budapest. This initiation was so successful that they established „Királyutca-Designutca” Cluster in March 2010. At the beginning the cluster’s activity focused on the part between Deák Ferenc Square and Nagymező Street. The importance of Király Street is in its history, because in the 19th century it was the main road of Pest and also the street of merchants then later of textile manufacturers. The cluster is a non-governmental initiation. Its main goal is to bring the old fame and interest of Király Street back and to increase the commercial magnitude of this area. The members of the cluster want to enhance the surroundings of existing shops and reopen the empty ones with the help of residents and other non-governmental organizations. To reach this goal the cluster organizes many events in every year.

Our Mission

Promote the development of the Király Street, which is colorful, buzzing with life and deserves the title of Design street. We will strengthen the multicultural character of the street, which is not only beautiful, but also meaningful. The ancient history of Király Street allows for the culture and rich entertainment.

Gallery

Sights

The parish church of St Teresa the Great of Avila, designed by Fidel of Kassel, with a statue of St Teresa, the patron saint of the church, on its façade.

The Pekáry House at 47 Király Street, decorated with Gothic stone chips and dragons, one of the earliest buildings of the Pest Romanticism, where Gyula Krúdy lived for a while

The cellar of the Jálics House at 26 Király utca was Pest's largest wine cellar in the 19th century, and today it is the greenest restaurant in the city centre, full of Mediterranean plants

At 11 Király Street, the Prandtner House has charming putto reliefs depicting the workshops of the jewellery art that flourished here.

At 9 Király utca stands the only remaining tasseled house in Pest, the Három Rózsa House

Interesting facts about the street

In the 19th century, Király Street was the main street of Pest, between Deák Square and the Great Boulevard.

Gyula Krúdy called Király Street "the grandfather of Pest streets".

The street was also witness to tragic events, behind it was the ghetto in 1944, a memento of which can be seen in the courtyard of one of the houses.

The street is not named after a specific ruler, but after the famous inn named after the King of England.

Even in the 19th century, the area was a lively nightlife area, with almost every house having a nightclub, tavern, music hall, music hall, music hall, orphanage or revue.