ICOMOS award caring for the Jewish cemetery on Salgótarjáni Street

April 19, 2021 at 2:00 PM

The Hungarian National Committee of ICOMOS awarded the National Heritage Institute for the restoration, maintenance of the Jewish Cemetery on Salgótarjáni Street and its presentation to the public on World Monument Day. The National Heritage Institue was lauded in the Exemplary Monument Care category.

The Jewish cemetery on Salgótarjáni Street is one of the most monumental burial places in the country, and since 2016 it has been maintained by the National Heritage Institute (NÖRI). On the occasion of World Monument Day, the Hungarian National Committee of ICOMOS recognized NÖRI's work in the restoration, maintenance and presentation of the Jewish cemetery on Salgótarjáni Street with an award for Exemplary Monument Care.

The National Heritage Institute has managed the listed cemetery since 2016 (Photo: Balázs Both/pestbuda.hu)

The Jewish cemetery on Salgótarjáni Street in Budapest was opened in 1874 next to today's Fiumei Road graveyard, and until 1892, it was the only functioning Jewish cemetery in Pest. Most of the mausoleums there were designed by Sándor Fellner and Zsigmond Quittner.

Several tombstones, the entrance to the cemetery and the ceremonial building were planned by Béla Lajta, one of the most influential architects of the beginning of the 20th century. Béla Lajta's sacred art and works in the Jewish cemetery on Salgótarjáni Street have also been presented in detail by PestBuda.

From the 1950s onwards, the cemetery was hardly used, and no attention was paid to its renovation and maintenance. The tombs were almost completely overgrown with vegetation; the mausoleums were damaged. The dome of the mentioned ceremonial building collapsed, the former Zsolnay tile covering was destroyed.

The situation of the cemetery only cleared after the turn of the millennium. In 2002 it was declared a historical monument in its entirety, and since 2016 it has been managed by the National Heritage Institute. This was when restoration began.

The remaining section of the ceremonial building (Photo: Balázs Both/pestbuda.hu)

On the World Day of Monuments, the Hungarian National Committee of ICOMOS presented further awards. It awarded the ICOMOS Prize for the renovation of the Sándor-Metternich Castle in Bajna and the development works of Szádvár in Szögliget. The renovation of the Roman Catholic Church of the Immaculate Conception in Máriapócs and the renovation of Ramassetter House in Sümeg were recognized. The parish priest Péter Déri, the priest of the Diocese of Szombathely and the parish priest of Jánosháza, also received an award for exemplary care of monuments.

Cover photo: Entrance to the Jewish cemetery on Salgótarjáni Street in Budapest (Photo: Balázs Both/ pestbuda.hu)

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