Szilárd Zielinski
Városliget Bridge and Margit Island Water Tower - Budapest owes much to Szilárd Zielinski
January 18, 2022 at 9:00 AM
The first Hungarian doctor of engineering was appointed 120 years ago, on 17 January 1902. He was Szilárd Zielinski, who, in addition to writing his doctoral dissertation on a railway system under Budapest, was one of the pioneers of reinforced concrete construction and provided the city with a number of emblematic structures. Without him, the Margit Island Water Tower, the bridge named after him over Lake Városliget, but also the Chain Bridge would be different.
The Chain Bridge, a symbol of the country completely demolished in 1914
July 27, 2020 at 12:00 PM
During the renovation of the Chain Bridge, it will be necessary to go back to the plans of 1914. But why will they follow the 1914 version when the bridge was built between 1839-1849?
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