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They are looking for a contractor for the new campus of the Pázmány Péter Catholic University The new, unified campus of the Pázmány Péter Catholic University will be located in the Palace District of Józsefváros. As part of the works until 2027, a new campus building will be erected at 26 Szentkirályi Street, and the listed building at 15 Bródy Sándor Street will be renovated, 28-30 Szentkirályi Street Palace will be remodeled and connected to the adjoining university building. An open tender was issued for the construction.

The busiest road in Városliget will be turned into a promenade Instead of an asphalted highway, the Károly Kós promenade, which cuts the Városliget in two, will be turned back into a real park walkway, the tender for the reconstruction plans was announced today by Városliget Zrt. In addition to peak hours, the Zoo Tour will also be closed to traffic during peak hours, and Heroes' Square will be car-free in the future.

The permit is in place, preparations for the construction of the Gellért Hill cable car can continue Gellérthegyi SIKLÓ Kft. Has received a new building permit, so the preparations for the construction of the cable car can continue. According to the plans, when the track is completed, the vehicles will reach the top of the hill from the Hegyalja road terminal in 72 seconds. The investment may be completed in the second half of 2023.

Such will be the National Circus Arts Center planned next to the Western Railway Station A model of the building of the National Circus Arts Center to be built next to the Western Railway Station was also presented at a professional and scientific conference held on the eve of today's 14th Budapest International Circus Festival. Participants were introduced to the history of European circus buildings, and an exhibition was opened.

The ELTE Trefort Street Gymnasium will be renewed The building of the Ágoston Trefort Gymnasium of the Eötvös Loránd University is being renovated. The house on the corner of Szentkirályi street – Trefort street, designed by János Bobula and built in 1887 and under monument protection, will be expanded in addition to the reconstruction.

One of the imposing Art Nouveau palaces on Bajza Street is being renovated The Art Nouveau apartment building of Samuel Baruch is being renovated in the 6th district at 44 Bajza street. As a first step in the reconstruction, the ground floor and first floor rooms will be restored. The three-storey palace was built in 1899 according to the plans of Zoltán Bálint and Lajos Jámbor.

The Money Museum in the former Postal Palace will be completed by March In the middle of March, the Hungarian Money Museum and Visitor Center will open its doors in the former Postal Palace on Széll Kálmán Square. During the interior renovation of the building, designed by Gyula Sándy and erected between 1924 and 1926, the specially developed railings of the staircases and the oak gates decorated with wrought-iron handles were restored, and the paternoster was preserved in working order.

A monument is being erected to those deported to forced labor in Sashalom A monument is erected for those deported from Sashalom to forced labor, Malenkij robot, in the 16th district Sashalmi promenade. From here they set out in January 1945 and were deported from the district to the internment camps of the Soviet Union. The first piece of the sculpture group consisting of 5 + 1 stations will be inaugurated on the day of the event.

The most popular buildings in Budapest this year were the Opera House and Vajdahunyad Castle What are the most popular buildings in Budapest? This is already being measured by Google. This year’s series begins with the Opera House and Vajdahunyad Castle.

A new sports park will be established in Zugló The people living in Zugló received a promise years ago about a sports park to be established in the Butterfly Park. The construction was given the green light at the local council board meeting. The sports facility will have a floor area of at least 150 square meters and will accommodate a minimum of 15 sports equipment.

The gymnasium of St. Margaret's High School received an architectural award The modern gymnasium behind St. Margaret's High School won the 2021 Budapest Architecture Award, which was virtually presented last night. The rehabilitation of the Eiffel Workshop and the Rumbach Sebestyén Street Synagogue, among others, was praised.

Renovation of the Eiffel Workshop and the Károlyi-Csekonics Palace awarded Pro Architectura awards were presented in connection with several buildings in Budapest, the establishment of the Eiffel Workshop, the National Museum Restoration and Storage Center, the renovation of the Károlyi-Csekonics Palace, and the design ceramics restoration tasks of the Udvar Hotel in Paris.

The Eiffel Workshop has been opened The Eiffel Workshop of the Hungarian State Opera House was officially handed over, and a total of 33,000 square meters and a 3-hectare park of the institution were renewed. The new cultural center opens up a great opportunity for opera performance.

A promenade was named after Magda Szabó in Buda On the writer's birthday, on 5 October, the street sign of the Szabó Magda promenade was inaugurated in the 2nd district, in the area between Mammut Shopping Center and Széllkapu Park. There is also a bookcase on the promenade that anyone can add to and anyone can read from.

A turul history exhibition opened in Hegyvidék The history of the turul bird as a symbol is presented in an exhibition at the Hegyvidék Gallery. The exhibition explores the history of the turul from original Árpád-era roots through millennium celebrations and arrow terror to the present day with the help of original documents, artefacts and images.

The eternal flame has been burning for ninety-five years at the execution site of Lajos Batthyány As early as the 1870s, it was decided that a memorial would be erected to Lajos Batthyány, who was executed in 1849, but while other statesmen received a statue, the martyrdom of the Prime Minister was commemorated with an eternal flame. The monument was built in 1926, and the inauguration of the eternal flame, which still stands today, took place on the day of the execution, on 6 October, with the participation of Governor Miklós Horthy and several public dignitaries.

From whom Gellért Hill was named: the educator of prince Emeric died a martyr's death 975 years ago The name and legend of Saint Gellért is known not only to the Hungarians, but certainly to the tourists visiting here. If for no other reason, because the Gellért Hill statue of the first martyr of Christian Hungary is an integral part of the Budapest cityscape; the bishop has been holding the cross high above the capital for more than a hundred and ten years. The memory of Bishop Gellért, who died a martyr's death in 975 years, is preserved not only on the mountain, but also in many other works in the capital.