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195472_298427655_626167072550441_5151742999083027009_n.jpg The footbridge connecting Csepel to Pest is structurally ready The Robinson Bridge, which connects Csepel with the Pest side, starting from the Ferencváros athletics stadium, is already structure-ready.
Archaeologists also found a silver denarius of King Matthias during the reconstruction of Archduke Joseph's palace During the construction of the reborn Archduke Joseph's palace on Buda Castle's Szent György Square, the archaeological excavation brought several special features to the surface: the specialists found an almost intact copper jug from the Turkish era, a silver denarius of King Matthias, and valuable ceramic and glass materials. They also found the passage that led to a cellar created from a natural rock cave. The room was probably used in the Middle Ages.
More works of art can be seen in the Fiumei Road Cemetery In the Fiumei Road Cemetery, a description of new tombstones of significant artistic value and their creator can be read with the help of a QR code. The statue of Andor Miklós' mausoleum and the tomb of Béla Pállik are among the twenty monument descriptions that have just been included in the institution's Sculpture Park program.
The hotel on the site of the former Lloyd Palace is being rebuilt Due to the ravages of World War II, Pest's Danube Promenade lost its former unique atmosphere. Modern hotels have been built in place of the old row of palaces, and the Atrium Hyatt has stood on the site of the destroyed Lloyd Palace since 1982, which today bears the name Sofitel. The hotel will soon receive a new facade, the building permit became final at the beginning of October. It can be read in the permit that the building will get a new level. Design renders have not yet been released.
The facade of the music school in Terezváros has been beautified The facade of the Aladár Tóth Music School, located in the historic environment at 19-21 Szív Street in the 6th District, has been renovated. The prestigious building was built in 1874 based on the designs of Frigyes Feszl. The courtyard shared with the Erkel school is also being transformed.
House demolitions in the capital Several demolition permit procedures have been initiated in Budapest in recent months, which affect the historic part of the city or other interior areas important from a cityscape point of view. Pestbuda has selected from these.
Industrial articulated trams in the capital: Hungarian tram production ended with them Budapest is the city of trams. The capital would be unimaginable without the long yellow vehicles. An incredible number of types have worn the rails over the past 140 years, but few vehicles have been as defining as the industrial articulated tram.
A romantic jewellery box in Zugló - The construction of the Hermine Chapel began 180 years ago One of the typical buildings on Hermina Road, which marks the eastern border of City Park, is the small Hermina Chapel. Despite its size, it has a very decisive role, as not only the road was named after it, but also the district where it stands: Herminamező. In keeping with its style, its story is also romantic, containing both beauty and tragedy. The foundation stone of the small chapel was laid just one hundred and eighty years ago.
The state-owned villa in Vérhalom Square, where Árpád Göncz lived, was auctioned The two-story villa at 7B Vérhalom Square in the 2nd District, where the former President of the Republic, Árpád Göncz and his wife lived, was sold for 833 million HUF. Bidding at the online auction of Hungarian National Asset Management Inc. ended late on Saturday, and the winner offered several hundred million forints more than the asking price.
The Palace of the Ministry of Finance was completed 115 years ago It is lesser known that on 7 October 1907, the construction works of the Ministry of Finance's Szentháromság Square palace were completed. The significant construction work took place between October 1901 and December 1904, but the post-construction work continued until October 1907. And several pivotal dates are connected to the construction itself.
The memorial site of the 15th martyr of Arad, Lajos Kazinczy, was inaugurated in the Fiumei Road Cemetery The National Heritage Institute and the Madách Theatre set up a memorial in honour of the fifteenth Arad martyr, Lajos Kazinczy, in the Fiumei Road Cemetery. The son of the language reformer Ferenc Kazinczy was executed on 25 October 1849 in Arad. The parcel of the soldiers who died in the 1848-49 War of Independence can be found in the Fiumei Road Cemetery, as well as the tombstones of three Arad widows.
The Pest stations of a life: A tragic fate that befell Lajos Batthyány On 6 October, Hungarians remember not only the 13 generals of the army executed in Arad, but also Count Lajos Batthyány, the martyred Prime Minister of Hungary's first responsible government, who was executed in Pest, in the courtyard of the New Building. An eternal flame has stood at the place of the execution since 1926, a worthy memorial to the count, who gave his life for Hungarian freedom. Batthyány, who became the leader of the opposition during the reform era, moved to Pest in 1841, visited many notable places in the capital, and Pestbuda now collected these on the tragic anniversary.
The Bakáts Square Church designed by Miklós Ybl has been completed The renovation of the Bakáts Square Church in Ferencváros has been completed. With the expansion of the crypt, a new urn burial section was created, the church received a new floor covering, the plaster was restored and restoration work was carried out. The new altar was also consecrated at the weekend.
A railway carriage got out of control and ended up on the Outer Ring Road Sixty years ago, on 4 October 1962, a railway carriage tore through the buffer stop of the main hall of the Nyugati (Western) Railway Station, breaking through the glass wall and running onto the Outer Ring Road. The accident was caused by human error, but thanks to the presence of mind of a railwayman, there was no mass catastrophe.
A drainage ditch system of Bronze Age origin was found in the area of Buszesz in Óbuda During the archaeological excavation in the area of the former distillery, Buszesz, a drainage protection structure of prehistoric origin was identified under the Roman layers in Óbuda. The ditch system ensured flood protection. Pile holes, storage and waste pits belonging to former buildings were also found.
110-year-old neighbours - The twins of the big school building campaign Fortunately, there are many architecturally valuable school buildings in Budapest. A significant part of them was created in a very short period, in just three years: the Capital implemented a large school building program between 1909 and 1912. Many well-known alma maters were born at this time, but Pestbuda now presents two less famous examples of this fertile era.
The burned-down but now rebuilt dormitory on Ráday Street was handed over In 2019, the Reformed dormitory in the 9th District, on the plot of the Dunamellék Reformed Church District bordered by Ráday Street, Köztelek Street, Markusovszky Square, and Biblia Street, burned down under tragic circumstances. In its place, on the side facing Markusovszky Square, the new dormitory wing has now been completed, but in addition, the central building bordered by Ráday Street and Köztelek Street, acquired in 1912, has also been completely remodelled. In the renewed headquarters building, the bishop's office can be found at 28 Ráday Street and the Faculty of Theology of the Károli Gáspár University of the Reformed Church can be approached from Köztelek Street.
It was handed over 85 years ago, but the widened Margit Bridge exploded 7 years later Margit Bridge was completed as a real luxury investment in the 1870s, under the direction of a French engineer. But traffic at Budapest's second Danube crossing remained very low until the end of the century. However, at the beginning of the 1930s, it already proved to be narrow, so it was decided to rebuild and widen it. The inauguration was held 85 years ago, on 1 October 1937.
It was once a steam bath, now a hotel is being built on Kazinczy Street At 40-48 Kazinczy Street in the 7th District, the area on which a 270-room hotel with a two-story underground garage can now be built was created by combining five lots. As part of the works, a section of the street will also be renovated, and the buildings currently standing on the lots will be demolished, so it is expected that the former steel-and-glass block of the Hungarian Dance Academy and the historicising house at 48, known first as a meat factory and then as a nightclub, will also be torn down.
A park will be named after Mária Wittner in Csepel The renewed park on the site of the former Görgey school in Csepel will be named after the revolutionist, Mária Wittner, who was sentenced to death in 1956, and an honorary citizen of the 21st District.
The ongoing renovation of the Chain Bridge - The inscription has already been engraved, the lion statues will arrive in autumn The inscription Széchenyi-Lánczhíd, which was missing from the pedestals of the lion statues on the Pest side for 77 years, has already been engraved, the Hungarian coat of arms with the Holy Crown on both sides of the Pest gate and the lion heads above the gate arch have been restored, and the final touches are being made on the stone surfaces of the Pest pylon. The lion statues sent for restoration will return in autumn, and the bridge track is scheduled to be reopened to traffic in December this year.
Even the economic crisis could not stop construction – The first Neo-Renaissance houses on Andrássy Avenue Similar to the last few crisis-filled years, there were also economic difficulties in the past centuries, which also had an impact on the construction industry. Such was the crisis of 1873, which very sensitively affected the mega-investment of the era, the constructions along Andrássy Avenue. Fortunately, construction began here as early as 1872 - i.e., 150 years ago - and some residential houses were soon completed, setting a good example for further construction.
The first mandatory vaccination against tuberculosis was administered in Budapest 75 years ago - Morbus Hungaricus has still not disappeared Lung trouble, tubercular disease, morbus hungaricus - these are all the names of tuberculosis, which was an almost incurable and largely fatal disease for a long time. It is no coincidence that this disease was also known as morbus hungaricus, as it was very common in Hungary. Although it has not yet been completely defeated, there is a vaccine against it, which has been mandatory in Hungary for decades. It was introduced in Budapest at the end of September 1947, first in the 13th District.
The Levente Riz Sports and Events Centre has opened in Rákosmente Built next to the Néppark in the 17th District, the 6,000-square-metre, two-story sports and event centre provides opportunities to play sports, attend cultural events, and meet. The community space was named after the late head of the district, Mayor Levente Riz.
The National Széchényi Library was founded 220 years ago After the foundation of the National Library 220 years ago, the donation of Count Ferenc Széchényi wandered for more than forty years, until it moved to its permanent place, the Hungarian National Museum. Later, the collection had to go from here as well, now Pestbuda will present the different locations in Pest.
The gift of the King: the legend of the ten statues It has been 125 years since Franz Joseph gave ten statues to Budapest on 25 September 1897. Most of the statues are still elegant decorations of the city to this day, and Pestbuda reported about them several times. However, we have now looked into what could have prompted Franz Joseph to give a gift.
The former headquarters of the Red Cross Society will soon show its original appearance The reconstruction of the building in Buda, originally designed by Alajos Hauszmann and Dezső Hültl, began in 2021, and recently the structural construction work was completed, so in addition to the construction of the roof and facade, the interior work will start in the autumn. With the reconstruction of the house at 1-2 Dísz Square, a wound in the cityscape that has been open for more than seventy years will be healed.
The last major cholera epidemic The last major cholera epidemic broke out 150 years ago and reached Pest and Buda in the fall of 1872. They tried many things to fight it, but still, thousands of people died from the disease. With the end of the epidemic, significant health improvements began in the capital.
A street was named after Gedeon Richter, born 150 years ago, in Kőbánya A public area was named after Gedeon Richter, the well-known Hungarian pharmacist and factory founder, who was born 150 years ago today. A section of Vaspálya Street in the 10th District between Kőér Street and Noszlopy Street bears his name. A memorial was also placed at the beginning of the street.
Kapás Street clinic in the 2nd District is being renovated The renovation of the specialist clinic in Kapás Street has begun. The reception area on the ground floor under renovation, the patient management system is being modernised, and medical equipment is also being purchased.

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