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The other hotel in Budavár - The former Burg Hotel and what was before it The most significant hotel in Buda Castle is undoubtedly the Hilton. This is explained not only by the world-famous brand, but also by the size and panoramic location of the building. Barely a hundred metres away, however, the small Burg Hotel held the competition with its big rival for two decades. Like Hilton, it is a modern building as well, its predecessors destroyed in World War II. But now the area is once again undergoing a change: a partial demolition permit has been issued for the building, and work has already begun on the interiors.

From today, the Bethlehem manger exhibition can be visited in St. Stephen's Basilica The manger exhibition, which consists of works of art, fine arts and folk art related to the Advent celebration, will be open until 7 January in the Knight's Hall of St. Stephen's Basilica in Budapest.

The exhibition of St. Stephen's Hall in Buda Castle was expanded with a masterpiece The bust of our founding king recently arrived at the place of the relic, which had been lent by the former archbishop of Zagreb. The relic that can be seen in the St. Stephen's Hall of the Buda Castle from today is a real masterpiece from the millennium, which was presented to the public for the first time at the 1896 Millennium National Exhibition.

Margit Slachta, the first Hungarian female member of the Parliament, was reburied On 7 December, Margit Slachta, the One of the leading Hungarian female politicians and human rights activist of the 20th century, the first Hungarian female Member of the Parliament.

After eighty years, the chapel will be built on Anna-rét A small chapel of barely thirty square meters will be built on Anna-rét in the mountains. The final plans have been completed, so the mass memorial, which has been called for by the faithful for eighty years, can be built next year.

The Church of Arts - The building of the Museum of Fine Arts is 115 years old The Museum of Fine Arts is one of the most famous buildings in the country, without which the Heroes' Square is unimaginable. Yet this was erected the latest, it is ten years younger than the Kunsthalle opposite. However, its size and seriousness make this fact forgettable - and of course it is no longer young, it was opened to the public 115 years ago. In this context, Pestbuda presents its history and beautiful interiors, which house one of the richest art collections in Central Europe.

Fabulous East in Budapest at the turn of the century - Turkish architecture and places of amusement The thousandth anniversary of the Hungarian conquest of the Carpathian Basin provided the basis for the creation of many famous works of art and buildings, as a nation proud of its past lived in an economic heyday. However, the memories of high culture were only a slice of the diverse entertainment industry at the time, and the wider audience also longed for lighter entertainment, which was served by a number of places of amusement. It is interesting how similar they were in some respects.

Here are the first visual plans for the restoration of the Buda Castle A detailed technical, architectural, artistic and functional survey of the Buda Castle has been completed, thanks to which the experts now know exactly the transformations after the Second World War. At the same time, planning for the complete restoration of the building complex began. The first visual designs have now been completed, led by Robert Gutowski.

The last stop of a renovation program: the handover of the Széll Kálmán Square gateway Széll Kálmán Square has undergone huge changes in recent years and although we have become accustomed to the modern environment, the renovation program actually ended only on Thursday: the gateway connecting the square with Krisztina Boulevard was handed over. The passage was short, but the construction was all the more complicated. Still, it was worth it, as it is another, very big step towards an accessible Budapest.

The renovated Turul statue in the Buda Castle was restored to its original location The Turul statue of the sculptor Gyula Donáth was restored to its original location next to the Habsburg Gate in the Buda Castle. The beautified work was placed on its pedestal using a 60-ton giant crane. Specialists performed patina-preserving cleaning and restoration on the work of art, repairing the surface with bronze welding. The inner frame of the statue was also reinforced.

The most beautiful nursery in Pest was designed by Miklós Ybl At the corner of the Nagy templom and Nap Street in Józsefváros is a beautiful house made in the Neo-Renaissance style. It is already important because of its designer, Miklós Ybl, but the client, the First Pest Nursery Association, also makes the building - still operating in education - special.

Renovation of the former Kútvölgyi street hospital building has begun The tower building of the Kútvölgy block of the New St. John's Hospital and Clinic will be renovated, the total reconstruction will affect 11,000 square meters. This is mainly necessary so that when the construction of the new, modern hospital block of 80,000 square meters begins in the area of St. John's Hospital, the inpatient wards can be relocated here, ensuring the uninterrupted care of the people of Buda.

The final works are being carried out on the new Ethnographic Museum building in Városliget The imposing glass façade has been completed and work on the more than 7,000-square-foot roof garden will soon be completed. The new Ethnographic Museum in the city park, which will open to the public in the spring of 2022, will be one of the most modern ethnographic institutions in Europe.

Trianon of Hungarian Theaters - A Monument to the Disintegrated Hungarian Theater Life The National Theater commemorates the Hungarian theatrical life, which has been torn apart for more than a hundred years, with the sculpture The Trianon of Hungarian Theaters. The work of István Horváth Böjte will be inaugurated on Saturday in front of the theater building in Hajóorr.

The 300-year-old facade of the Pest City Hall is being renovated Városháza Street 9-11 will be renewed. The façade of the building under this number will be renovated The local council of Budapest announced a tender for the renovation of the facade of the Town Hall in 2018, the plans were completed in 2019.

A French bridge in Budapest - The Paris engineer submitted the plans for the Margit Bridge 150 years ago The designer and contractor were sought for the Margit Bridge in an international design competition. There was a lot of discussion about the location of the bridge, as the second bridge of Budapest, which was still waiting to be united at the time, was imagined by many people elsewhere, in the southern part of the city. The tender was won by a French engineer who also built the bridge, which was very similar to the way we know Margit Bridge today.

The first buildings of the new Transport Museum received a building permit 4 smaller buildings are being renovated in the area of the future home of the new Transport Museum, Kőbánya, the planned reconstruction of which has now received the building permit. Next year, after remediation and demolition work, their renovation will begin. The central museum building is still being planned, it is likely to receive a building permit in 2022.

Former palace of monument protection in Buda castle - The building on Táncsics Street has a new owner There are many monuments in Táncsics Mihály Street in Buda Castle, including the Baroque palace at No. 1, which has played a special role in the field of monument protection: until its restoration in 1970, the National Monument Inspectorate and its successor organizations have operated here until recently. The building has now been sold by the Hungarian state, so it will be given a new function in the future. However, this is no stranger to it: during its long history, it had many different owners who used the palace built in the 18th century differently.

Blaha Lujza Square changes, 80 trees will be planted The Blaha Lujza Square, where the Budapest Transport Center (BKK) started planting trees, will be greener overall. Together with the existing and new ones, there will be 89 trees in the square. Among the trees are maple, oak, rowan and a large-leaved linden.

Sweet life in happy times of peace - The Stühmer Factory from foundation to nationalisation Tibi chocolate, Ropp wafer and Zizi dragee. Generations have known and loved the popular products of the Stühmer Chocolate Factory. How did Frigyes Stühmer create Hungary's first and largest chocolate factory in Józsefváros during the Compromise-period and why did the factory have to move to the neighbouring Ferencváros? The factory was nationalised after World War II, and descendants who moved to Canada tried unsuccessfully to reclaim it in the 1990s, yet the brand name, founded more than 150 years ago, has not been forgotten.

Between the Riding Hall and the Royal Guard - The role of the Csikós Court and the Stöckl Stairs in the Castle The western side of the Buda Castle has been loud from truck noise in recent years, as the former Royal Riding Hall and the Royal Guard building have been rebuilt as part of the National Hauszmann Program. These beautiful buildings have been completed before, and more recently they have been working on the Csikós Court that surrounds them, which was finally opened to the public in mid-September. We invite the Reader for a short journey, during which we will pass through the court, and the end of our journey will be the also rebuilt, charming Stöckl Stairs.

After a long time, the former MÁV headquarters on Andrássy Street was sold According to the announcement of the Hungarian National Asset Management, the state sold the former MÁV headquarters at the corner of Andrássy street and Izabella street. The complex, which has previously been unsuccessfully auctioned five times, must be restored by the new owner under strict monument protection standards.

The poet and Budapest - János Pilinszky was born 100 years ago Budapest gave Pilinszky the experience of the city: when he was young, he absorbed the colours and atmosphere, and although he got to know many big cities in the world (he visited Rome, Paris, London, Vienna or New York), the real remained Budapest for him. The poet, born 100 years ago, spent his infancy in the city centre, in the immediate vicinity of the Károlyi Garden, he lived with his family for long in Molnár Street, he got his first home on Izabella Street at the age of forty. Cafés, editorial offices, bars and cinemas were also important venues for his life and poetry.

Have you ever seen the new Krúdy statue in Downtown? - The public works were erected near the former Downtown Café One of Krúdy's favorite places was the Downtown Café, which once operated in the southern Klotild Palace, where he wrote a significant part of the short stories of Sindbad. The genre statue now erected near Ferenciek Square commemorates this event.

Trees are planted on the lower embankment of Pest The lower embankment of Pest will be renewed, where a pedestrian promenade and a row of alleys will be developed. On 22 November, the planting of 34 oaks with a trunk height of three meters began between the Parliament and the Margaret Bridge.

The facade of the beautiful MÁV apartment building on Kodály körönd is being renovated The renovation of the nearly 140-year-old MÁV apartment building in Kodály körönd can begin. They are restoring the facade of the state-owned property, replacing and repairing the doors and windows, while eliminating the risk of an accident.

The construction of the Gellért Hill cable car received an environmental permit The construction of the planned cable car on Gellért Hill received the environmental permit. The permit emphasizes that the works must comply with a number of nature protection regulations and world heritage protection requirements.

The Fórum film theatre, the forerunner of Puskin cinema, opened 95 years ago The building, which houses the Puskin Cinema and was built in 1895 according to the plans of Czigler Győző, has had a cinema in it since 1926, before which the Magyar Világ Café was located on the ground floor of the building. An audio film was first screened in Hungary at the former Fórum film theatre in 1929, although this was almost thwarted by a patent lawsuit.

The Ethnographic Museum, which will open in the spring of 2022, will be a meeting place 150 years after its founding, the Ethnographic Museum will now operate for the first time in a new space built for its own purposes, which will be a real meeting place in the future, the institution said in a press conference yesterday.