Budapest - Petofi Literary Museum

(Local Name: Petófi Irodalmi Müzeum) Named after its last owner, the Hungarian politician and first President of the Republic, Mihály Károlyi (1875-1955), this building in the street of the same name has an interesting past. It was built at the end of the 17th C as a single-story mansion. In the 18th C A. Mayerhoffer added a Baroque front, and this in turn was converted to the classical style in 1832/4. In 1848/9 the Austrian General Julius Haynau, who was to crush the freedom fighters, resided here. It was here, too, that Count Lajos Batthyány, Hungary's first prime minister, was arrested in 1849.

A memorial room has been furnished in honor of Mihály Károlyi. The Károlyi Palace now houses a Museum of