by Bela | Mar 10, 2020 | Uncategorized
World famous heroine, Hanna Szenes’ mini statue was unveiled in Budapest, with the occasion of the International Women’s Day 2020. Hanna Szenes was a poet and a Special Operations Executive (SOE) member. She was one of 37 Jewish SOE recruits from Mandate... 
by Bela | Feb 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
Behind the Buda castle, there is a strange, old, incomplete column that is labeled only in Hungarian. It is a remain from the time of King Matthias. I assume that the one-language inscription, is because the inscription is from 1926. In the decade following WWI,... 
by Bela | Jan 28, 2020 | Uncategorized
The so called “Teleki téri zsinagóga” (Teleki square Synagogue) is located in the VIIIth District of Budapest and it is a unique place in Budapest. Even though Jewish communities and worship places are divided into two distinct categories (Ashkenazim and... 
by Bela | Jan 20, 2020 | Uncategorized
Half closed within, half out in the open… this is how a typical stairway is designed in Budapest. At least when it comes to historical buildings in downtown Pest. Want to know why architects opted for this peculiar setup? Want to know how this architectural... 
by Bela | Jan 19, 2020 | Uncategorized
The statue of the former Habsburg Empress in the district named after her was erected in November 2018 and it is a pure source of division among residents. I interviewed last week Iván Bojár (one of the most prominent architecture critics of our days in Hungary) who... 
by Bela | Jan 4, 2020 | Uncategorized
Packed with a bunch of stories and happenings from the end of the year, I am ready to guide through Budapest and its stories. Thanks to Fortepan, I picked for this post a cool and classy picture from 1939 that was shot in the Buda side, close to the Danube. Contact... 
by Bela | Dec 16, 2019 | Uncategorized
The Rumbach Street synagogue (Rumbach utcai zsinagóga) is located in my very neighbourhood (Erzsébetváros – the VIIth district of Budapest). The synagogue in Rumbach Street was built in 1872 and was designed by Viennese architect Otto Wagner. It served the more... 
by Bela | Dec 9, 2019 | Uncategorized
József Hild, Our neoclassical architecture genius was born 230 years ago. He was one of the major exponents of neoclassical architecture of the time, he played an important part in the remodelling of Pest during the so-called reform era (early 19th century). Among his... 
by Bela | Dec 6, 2019 | Uncategorized
The “guerilla” mini-statue facing the Parliament building (accross from the other side of the river) represents a famous Hungarian cartoon hero (a worm) from a 80’s. In my early childhood, I was mad about the Ho-ho-ho Horgász (the bi-bi-bi Big... 
by Bela | Dec 3, 2019 | Uncategorized
Almost 5 decades of communism left its mark on Budapest. Typical communist architecture, such as panel blocks artifacts, statues and structures are scattered all over the city. This giant limestone relief (sized 8×2 meters) was made to express the evolution of... 
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