Carmelite Monastery Of Buda
The Carmelite Monastery of Buda ( or ''Karmelita kolostor'') is a building in the Castle Quarter (Budapest), Castle Quarter of Budapest, the capital city of Hungary, that serves as the seat of the Prime Minister of Hungary. It was formerly a Carmelite Catholic Church, Catholic monastery and theatre. The Carmelite Order built the monastery on a parcel that had been occupied by a mosque during the Ottoman occupation of Hungary. The Order received the land in 1693 after the 1686 Siege of Buda (1686), liberation of Buda, completed the monastery in 1736, and consecrated it in 1763. In the 1780s, Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor, Joseph II's ''Joseph II, Holy Roman Emperor#Religion, Klostersturm'' forced the Carmelites to disband, and in 1786, an imperial decree converted the monastery into the Castle Theatre () "for the delectation of high-ranking court officials." Notable performances during Kingdom of Hungary (1526–1867), the imperial era included Ludwig van Beethoven and the premiere ...
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