3rd Amor en Budapest Tango Marathon 2014Location: Danube Palace - Budapest - anno 1895
Danube Palace, Ballroom - built: 18951051 Budapest, Zrínyi u. 5
How to get there: Duna Palota on the Budapest map
The Danube Palace -formerly the Casino of Lipótváros- is one of the most famous, wonderful neobaroque buildings of Budapest, built between 1883 and 1895, located near to the St. Stephen's Basilica (Szent István Bazilika). The world famous composers, like Bartók. Dvorák, Kodály and Kálmán conducted their own compositions.
As a building of special cultural importance and beauty, the Danube Palace is on the list of monuments protected by the Hungarian State. The theater and the ballroom are air-conditioned.
Some part of the film Evita was shot in the Brown Salon of this venue.
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