Király utca

Király utca stretches roughly 1.6 kilometers between Deák Ferenc tér and Lövölde tér, along the border of Budapest's sixth and seventh districts. The name comes from a historic inn that once stood on what is now Deák Square. The inner section between the square and Nagymező utca is known today as a lively nightlife district, and it also marks the northwestern edge of the historic Jewish Quarter. Here you'll find important historic sites, including the house where moving pictures were first shown around 1891, as well as the imposing Pekáry House of 1847, where the writer Gyula Krúdy lived for a time. Across the street rises the tower of the Baroque Terézváros Church. The outer part of the street carries more traffic and was once home to the Király Theater. Several famous figures were also born here, among them Nobel laureate Jenő Wigner and Intel co-founder Andrew Grove. Today the street is served by trolleybuses.