thumb|230px|Aerial view of Újpalota
thumb|230px|A typical block
thumb|230px|Center of Újpalota with the tallest building, which also functioned as a water tower It was named Újpalota (literally "Newcastle") after the adjacent village of [[Rákospalota|Palota ("Castle"), which initially became a suburb of the Hungarian capital, and later part of Greater Budapest. According to Tibor Tenke, the architect of the housing estate, the original plan was revised to increase the number of flats to 15,560. and was completed in 1978. a significant decrease since the late 1970s.
See also
- Pestújhely
- Rákospalota