place
Újépület
also: New Building, Habsburg military prison Pest
The 'New Building' (Újépület), a vast Habsburg military barracks and prison complex in Pest where Hungarian political prisoners were held after the 1848–49 revolution; Madách was detained there from 1852 to 1853.
Reading notes
- Correspondence §16 Újépület
The 'New Building' (Újépület), a vast Habsburg military barracks and prison complex in Pest; Madách was held there in 1853 after his arrest for sheltering a fugitive from the 1848–49 revolution.