All Saints Church, Budapest-Hegyvidék, Catholic church in Budapest District XII, Hungary
All Saints Church stands directly opposite the main entrance of Farkasréti Cemetery in Budapest's 12th district. Built in 1975–1977 to István Szabó's plans, its walls are made of 16,000 prefabricated BH-60 concrete infill blocks, their cavities filled with reinforced concrete, giving a texture like brick. The main front splits into three masses: the right-hand walls rise like raised hands, the left has a cross-shaped void, and bells hang in the open space between them.
The parish formed in 1931 and worshipped in a school, then in the Keresztes Szent János chapel in Farkasréti Cemetery from 1938. After the chapel was damaged in 1945 and later demolished, services moved to a crypt and then to a converted former restaurant. Permission for a new church came in December 1974, and it was built in 1975–1977, the first new church in Budapest in over 25 years.
The church serves as the parish center for the Budapest-Farkasret area and sits directly across from Farkasret cemetery's main entrance. Visitors often notice how the location connects those who come to visit the cemetery nearby.
The church stands directly opposite the main entrance of Farkasréti Cemetery in Budapest's 12th district. Trams 59 and 61 stop at the cemetery, and bus 21A stops on Budakeszi út. The entrance is reached by a covered staircase from the small square; the interior is lit by side, front and overhead windows.
Instead of a traditional bell tower, the church bells hang from a concrete beam spanning between the entrance hall and the main nave. This unusual arrangement often surprises visitors expecting a conventional tower structure.
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