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The renovation of Walter Rózsi Villa has been completed In the modernist villa of the district, Walter Rózsi and his family lived first, and then it became the kindergarten and pediatrician's office of the BM Hospital. It was Designed by József Fischer. The newly renovated building has opened as a new exhibition space of the Hungarian Museum of Architecture and the Monument Protection Documentation Center.

The Chapel of the Holy Blood in Óbuda has been renovated The more than two-hundred-year-old Chapel of the Holy Blood in Kiscell has been renovated. Among other things, the building received a new roof structure, a tower and modern lighting, and the chapel was enriched with a new altarpiece and statues, the gate of which can be seen through the newly opened openings even if it is closed.

The Merzse Swamp may be safe The last swampy habitat of Budapest, The Merzse swamp in the 17th district has been threatened with dehydration for years, but a plan will soon be drawn up to save the special area: a ditch system would be used to replenish the nature reserve with water.

Valuable finds were discovered during the research in the Buda Castle Special finds were found during the wall research and basic excavation of the Buda Castle Palace. The fragments, walls and tiles that have just been unearthed are significant because they can help determine exactly what the palace, which was enlarged at the turn of the last century, was based on the plans of Alajos Hauszmann, looked like.

The Bastion Park in Downtown has been handed over Next to the city wall of Pest, built during the reign of King Matthias, the new community space of the city center, the Bastion Park, was established. If you visit here, you will find a lookout point to the Rock Chapel on Gellért Hill, a playground and a city history gallery. The space made greener with new trees and plants was taken over by the general public yesterday.

The Single Parent Center opened in an Art Nouveau house in Buda The new Single Parent Center in Buda was set up in a beautiful Art Nouveau house on the ground floor of a former bank branch. The institution helping families opened its doors on Monday in the 12th district in the field of Hungarian Jacobins.

The new buildings of the Salesian order in Óbuda were handed over The new oratory of the Salesian order and the building of the provincial headquarters in Óbuda were handed over. The oratorio will function as a kind of community space.

The three stations of the renovated M3 metro will soon be handed over Reconstruction of the M3 metro is approaching another stage. The renovated Calvin Square, Corvin Quarter and Semmelweis Clinic stations are scheduled to be handed over to the traveling public in May.

Széchenyi István square and Clark Ádám square can be renewed The planning works related to the renovation and transformation of Széchenyi István square and Clark Ádám square may continue soon. At the Pest bridgehead of the Chain Bridge, the circularity of the square will be eliminated, while at the bridgehead of Buda, the square will be accessible to pedestrians and cyclists.

The House of Hungarian Music received the Oscar for the real estate industry The House of Hungarian Music won the main prize this year at the Cannes exhibition, also known as the "Real Estate Oscar". For the first time, the Hungarian development received the grand prize of the jury with the special building in the city park handed over at the end of January this year.

A new sports hall was added to the Cistercian St. Imre High School in Buda The new gymnasium of the Cistercian St. Imre Gymnasium in Buda was handed over. The 3,700-square-foot new hall is connected by a glass corridor to the neo-baroque building of the grammar school, built in 1929.

The Fradi Népliget Sports Center will be renewed Planning for the FTC's new Népliget Sports Center can begin. The investment could include the construction of several new sports facilities in the existing area: a 5,000-square-foot football hall and a handball arena that is also the same size, but a water polo and hockey arena is also planned.

The country’s largest flag was hoisted at the Renewing Citadel On 15 March, the largest national flag of Hungary was hoisted on the Citadel, which is under renovation. The 72-square-foot flag will adorn the capital’s iconic building day and night.

Renovation of the Whale has begun The capital's iconic building, the Whale, is being renovated. As part of the complex reconstruction of the building, the main and outbuildings will be renovated and the damaged glass elements will be replaced. The new decorative lighting has already been completed, so the house will be in national colors on the occasion of 15 March.

The renovation of the building of the Hungarian National Archives in Óbuda may begin soon Development of the Archive's Lángliliom Street warehouse and research room may begin soon. As part of the investment, the building will not only be renovated but also expanded, and the above-ground warehouses equipped with state-of-the-art equipment will be able to store the documents in an appropriate manner and will also have the opportunity to research them.

Áron Gábor's copper cannon in the Buda Castle - The people of Budapest can see the artillery device known from the folk song with their own eyes The only authentic copper cannon connected to Áron Gábor, which is known from the famous folk song, can be seen in a worthy place, in the building of the reborn Guard House at the Buda Castle. At the exhibition on the War of Independence of 1848-49, visitors can admire the cannon itself, but there are many other interesting objects associated with the revolution and the period of retaliation shown in the building.

The 13th district Vizafogó park was handed over On Tuesday, the 13th district Vizafogó park was handed over. The area is called an eco-park, ie during the planning process, special attention was paid to making it ecologically sustainable. A new artificial lake one and a half meters deep has also been created, which also serves as the main visual element.

Kindergarten in Rákospalota, built on the site of a former church The new kindergarten was built on the site of a Reformed church in the Old Town and the associated former school, which was demolished at the beginning of the 19th century. The new institution will receive children from September.

The 22nd district Tétény meadow family park construction started In the area around the Swabian Memorial in Nagytétény, in the shade of the existing trees, a leisure place will be created, where the new family park will have something for everyone, from the smallest to the largest. There will be playgrounds for various ages, an outdoor gym, a football and beach volleyball court, but there will also be a fenced dog run and a toboggan run.

Renovation of the interiors of the Hunyadi Square fairgrounds may begin next year After the external reconstruction, which was completed a few years ago, the renovation of the interiors of the Hunyadi Square fair hall, designed by Czigler Győző, can begin next year. During the works, the subsequent additions will be demolished and the original spatial structure will be restored, a gallery level will be built, but the previously planned underground garage has been removed from the plans.

A monument is being built in honor of those who died in the ghetto in Klauzál Square A memorial will be erected to the victims of the Pest ghetto is erected in the 7th district Klauzál Square. The work will consist of a bronze plate with a trace of three thousand nails reminiscent of the unburied dead.

The interiors of Károlyi Palace are being renovated The interiors of the Károlyi Palace in the 5th district, which has housed the Petőfi Literary Museum for sixty-five years, are being renovated. The restoration affects a listed one-storey, classicist building of about 1,730 square meters. As part of this, they will improve public traffic, restore the ornate gate, restore and expand the exhibition spaces, and make the building accessible. In 2000, during the complete renovation of the palace, the architecture that was finalized in the first half of the twentieth century being reversed. The palace is expected to be completed in the fall of 2022.

Preparations for tree planting in Blaha Lujza Square continue The Budapest Transport Center will plant sixty-one trees soon in the 8th district Blaha Lujza square. Some of them are installed directly on a continuous green surface, others in the cladding using the Stockholm method. This procedure promotes the growth of the roots of urban trees, i.e. improves their living conditions. During the renovation of the square, a water play will be created, among other things, but the construction of the paving and the placement of the furniture will also continue.

No viable idea was received for the tender for the design of the new museum of architecture The jury of the Hungarian Academy of Arts did not find any worthwhile project in the design competition for the design of the Hungarian Museum of Architecture and the Documentation Center for the Protection of Monuments. The new building will be built on the plot complex at the corner of Bajza Street and Városligeti Avenue in the former BM Hospital, once the appropriate tender is available.

Twenty-six buildings in the 1st District were declared protected by the capital, most of them built in the Kádár era. Twenty-six 1st District properties, mainly erected between 1956 and 1978, were declared protected by the Budapest General Assembly on Wednesday. These include the main building of the Southern Railway Station, the Hilton Hotel building in Budavár and several residential buildings. The local council of Budapest announced in January that it planned to place nearly one hundred and eighty buildings in Budapest under local protection.

The Ornithological Society held a habitat management on the Tétény Plateau The Hungarian Ornithological and Nature Conservation Association held the habitat management in the Tétény Plateau, one of the most locally protected habitats in the capital, mostly hiding steppe meadows. The site in the 22nd District has recently been cleaned of more than 4,000 tonnes of illegally dumped rubbish, but securing habitat for animal and rare plant species requires ongoing maintenance.

There is no cable car on Gellért Hill - The capital withdraws from the contract The local council of Budapest is withdrawing from the 2009 contract for the construction of the Gellért Hill cable car and the planned bus car park at the lower station. The reason for today's decision of the General Assembly of the Capital City was that more than thirteen years had passed since the entry into force of the contract, without any substantial construction work for the implementation of the investment under the contract having begun at all.

Visual plans for the surroundings of the car-free City Park have been completed The Budapest Development Center presented the transport development study plans of the surroundings of Városliget and the new road-tram overpass on Szegedi road and the related new Rákosrendező station. The aim of the developments is to make the surroundings of Városliget car-free, to close the Kós Károly promenade from traffic and to ban cars from Hősök square.

The renovation of the Salt House on Fővám Square continues The 9th district Sóház renovation is continuing. Restoration of the south wing of the building used by Corvinus University has already begun last year, with more work being done in the north wing this year. The building behind the Main Customs House, designed by Miklós Ybl, will restore the main gates, the façade, the classrooms, the buzzer, the machinery and the electrical system.