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Gresham Palace: an Art Nouveau dream on the Danube
The back story
About Gresham Palace: an Art Nouveau dream on the Danube
Facing the Chain Bridge, the Gresham Palace is one of the masterpieces of Budapest Art Nouveau: built for the London-based Gresham Life Assurance Company, decayed for decades, and restored as the Four Seasons Hotel in 2004.
An insurance palace
The Gresham Palace was completed in 1906 to designs by Zsigmond Quittner and the Vágó brothers, with offices and luxury apartments for the Gresham Life Assurance Company.
Art Nouveau details
Its wrought-iron peacock gates, mosaics, Zsolnay tiles and glass-roofed arcade make it one of the city’s finest Art Nouveau buildings.
The peacock gates of the Gresham Palace are among the finest in Budapest.
A hotel
After years of neglect, it was restored and opened in 2004 as the Four Seasons Hotel Gresham Palace.
Our advice: even if you are not staying, have a coffee or lunch at Kollázs to see the lobby and the peacock gates, and look back at the building from the Chain Bridge.
Why it's on our list
- An insurance palace
- Art Nouveau details
- Restored as a hotel
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