Exchange Palace (Tőzsdepalota) in Budapest, Hungary
Budapest’s Exchange Palace is a grand building with a surprisingly eventful past. Designed by architect Ignác Alpár, it was built between 1902 and 1907 on Szabadság tér as the headquarters of the Budapest Stock Exchange. Its enormous halls were designed for the bustle of early-20th-century finance, but the building would eventually find a very different role. After the stock exchange ceased…
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