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Krisztinaváros
Krisztinaváros ( en, link=no, Krisztina town) (german: link=no, Christinenstadt) is a neighborhood in central Budapest, situated just west of Castle Hill, north of Tabán. It is named after Archduchess Maria Christina, daughter of Maria Theresa, who interceded for buildings to be erected in this area. The history of Krisztinaváros is inseparable from that of the neighboring old Tabán, Naphegy and Gellérthegy. The central features are ''Krisztina tér'' and the entrance to the Castle Hill tunnel. It is also home to the Tabán Cinema, a small cinema that presents art films and documentaries. (Despite its name, this cinema belongs to Krisztinaváros, not Tabán.) Sights Monuments * Krisztina Tér Church * Gesztenyéskert, a huge park with chestnut trees, previously the old Krisztinaváros Cemetery * Mom park, with modern office buildings and Novotel Szálló (Hotel Novotel). Historical cafés and restaurants * Philadelphia Kávéház Notable residents * Dezső ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Buda Castle
Buda Castle ( hu, Budavári Palota, german: link=no, Burgpalast) is the historical castle and palace complex of the Hungarian Kings in Budapest. It was first completed in 1265, although the massive Baroque palace today occupying most of the site was built between 1749 and 1769. The complex in the past was referred to as either the Royal Palace ( hu, Királyi-palota) or the Royal Castle ( hu, Királyi Vár, german: link=no, Königliche Burg). The castle now houses the Hungarian National Gallery and the Hungarian National Museum. Buda Castle sits on the southern tip of Castle Hill, surrounded by the touristic area known as Várnegyed (Castle Quarter), which is famous for its Medieval, Baroque, and Neoclassical houses, churches, public buildings, and monuments. The hill is linked to Clark Ádám Square and the Széchenyi Chain Bridge by the Castle Hill Funicular. The castle is a part of the Budapest World Heritage Site, so declared in 1987. The original Royal Palace was ruine ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Krisztina Téri Iskola
Krisztina Téri Iskola (Krisztina Square School) a 220-year-old historic school in the I. district of Budapest, Krisztinaváros, Hungary (in 2007). "The school started after vintage in 1787". (historic documenHofecker, Ferencz 1887) History 1783 Krisztinaváros quarter had 730 inhabitants. By such a number of inhabitants the authority of Buda city found it necessary to provide for a school, in 1787 "after the vintage it started the normal education". (Quotation by Ferencz Hofecker 1887). The first school building was a pub building on the site of present 1–3 Gellérthegy Street. The first teacher of Krisztinaváros was Ferenc Zonner. The school had been running in this building until 1810. 1810 The school was moved into a new building built in 1772 on the site of the present 63. Krisztina Boulevard. 1883 The present building was built on the ground enlarged towards the church. In 1883 education started in the school building which is still existing. 1887 The one hund ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sándor Márai
(; Archaic English name: Alexander Márai; 11 April 1900 – 21 February 1989) was a Hungarian writer, poet, and journalist. Biography Márai was born on 11 April 1900 in the city of Kassa, Hungary (now Košice, Slovakia). Through his father, he was a relative of the Hungarian noble Országh family. In 1919, he was an enthusiastic supporter of the Hungarian Soviet Republic and worked as a journalist. He joined the Communists, becoming the founder of the "Activist and Anti-National Group of Communist Writers". After the fall of the Hungarian Soviet Republic, his family found it safer to leave the country, thus he continued his studies in Leipzig. Márai travelled to and lived in Frankfurt, Berlin, and Paris and briefly considered writing in German, but eventually chose his mother language, Hungarian, for his writings. In ''Egy polgár vallomásai'' (English: "Confessions of a citizen"), Márai identifies the mother tongue language with the concept of nation itself. He sett ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Várkerület
The 1st District of Budapest is the Castle District ( hu, Várkerület or ) and is the historical part of the Buda side of Budapest. It consists of the Buda Castle Hill and some other neighborhoods around it, like Tabán, Krisztinaváros and parts of Gellért Hill. Location The Castle District is situated on the banks of the Danube, in the Buda side. Neighbours of District I are (clockwise from north): * River Danube * District XI: Újbuda ("New Buda"), which is most known of the universities and student life * District XII: Hegyvidék ("Highlands") * District II Landmarks *Buda Castle *Matthias Church *Hungarian National Gallery * Castle Hill Funicular *Sándor Palace *Fisherman's Bastion *Labyrinth of Buda Castle *Gellért Hill Politics The current mayor of I. District of Budapest is Márta V. Naszályi (Dialogue). The District Assembly, elected at the 2019 local government elections, is made up of 15 members (1 Mayor, 10 Individual constituencies MEPs and 4 Compens ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Naphegy
Naphegy (german: Sonnenberg, meaning "Sun Hill") is a hill and neighbourhood in Budapest, Hungary. It is part of Krisztinaváros and administratively belongs to the 1st District. Location Naphegy rises south of the center of Krisztinaváros, between Gellérthegy and Tabán. Its boundaries are Hegyalja út, Naphegy utca, Gellérthegy utca and Mészáros utca. The highest point (154 m) is on Naphegy tér (Naphegy Circus). History The history of Naphegy is inseparable from that of the neighboring Tabán and Gellérthegy. In the Middle Ages the hill was called ''Nyárshegy'' ("Stake Hill"), probably referring to its function as a scaffold. (The name is preserved in the name of today's Nyárs Street, where the traitor Lieutenant Conrad Fink – who, during the 1686 siege of Buda, planned to surrender the Castle of Buda to the Pasha of Fehérvár – was executed in 1687.) In 1686 Buda was freed from the Turks. Naphegy played a vital role in this: from the hill the castle wal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tabán
Tabán usually refers to an area within the 1st district of Budapest, the capital of Hungary. It lies on the Buda (i.e. Western) side of the Danube, to the south of György Dózsa Square, on the northern side of Elisabeth Bridge and to the east of Naphegy. Several other Hungarian cities and towns also have districts called Tabán. History The Tabán has been inhabited since Neolithic times, due to its location in a protected valley, the thermal waters at the bottom of the Gellért Hill and the ford over the Danube. In the Iron Age, it was inhabited by a tribe of Celts, who were replaced by the Romans in the 1st century BC. In the Middle Ages, the Tabán was a village right under the Buda Castle. Remains of significant medieval structures were discovered by archaeologists in 1936, and the 12th-century relief of the Tabán Christ might have belonged to a church located in the area. The Turks developed the thermal medicinal baths in the area and brought immigrants from the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Neighbourhoods Of Budapest
A neighbourhood (British English, Irish English, Australian English and Canadian English) or neighborhood (American English; see spelling differences) is a geographically localised community within a larger city, town, suburb or rural area, sometimes consisting of a single street and the buildings lining it. Neighbourhoods are often social communities with considerable face-to-face interaction among members. Researchers have not agreed on an exact definition, but the following may serve as a starting point: "Neighbourhood is generally defined spatially as a specific geographic area and functionally as a set of social networks. Neighbourhoods, then, are the spatial units in which face-to-face social interactions occur—the personal settings and situations where residents seek to realise common values, socialise youth, and maintain effective social control." Preindustrial cities In the words of the urban scholar Lewis Mumford, "Neighbourhoods, in some annoying, inchoate fashi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vilmos Aba-Novák
Vilmos Aba-Novák ( hu, Aba- Novák Vilmos, until 1912: hu, Novák Vilmos; March 15, 1894 – September 29, 1941"Aba Novák, Vilmos." ''''. 21 January 2007.) was a Hungarian painter and graphic artist. He was an original representative of modern art in his country, and specifically of its modern monumental painting. He was also the celebrated author of frescoes and church murals at |
Géza Ottlik
Géza Ottlik (9 May 1912 – 9 October 1990) was a Hungarian writer, translator, mathematician, and bridge theorist. According to an American obituary bridge column, he was known in Hungary as "the ultimate authority on Hungarian prose". Biography Ottlik was born and died in Budapest. He attended the military school at Kőszeg and Budapest, and studied mathematics and physics at Budapest University 1931–1935. After a brief career on Hungarian radio, he was a secretary of Hungarian PEN Club from 1945 to 1957. As he was unable to publish his works for political reasons, he earned his living translating. He translated mainly from English (Charles Dickens, George Bernard Shaw, John Osborne, Evelyn Waugh); and German (Thomas Mann, G. Keller, Stefan Zweig). He was a passionate bridge player and advanced theoretician. In a bridge column three months after Ottlik's death, Alan Truscott placed him "among the strongest candidates" for "the bridge writer with the greatest creati ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dezső Szabó (writer)
Dezső Szabó (born June 10, 1879 in Kolozsvár, Austria-Hungary (present-day Cluj-Napoca, Romania), died January 5, 1945 in Budapest) was a Hungarian linguist, writer, noted mainly for his three-volume novel "Az elsodort falu" ("The Eroded Village") and his pamphlets.Nagy, Péter. ''A pamflet Michalengalója''. In: Szabó, Dezső "A magyar káosz". Szépirodalmi Kiadó, 1990. p.17 Szabó's oeuvre is contradictory, some consider it as the peak of Hungarian expressionist prose,Hegedüs, GézaA magyar irodalom arcképcsarnoka/ref> others call it one of the first "pioneers of Magyar populist literature".Lukacs, John. ''Budapest 1900''. Grove Press, 1994. p.168 He was a Nobel Prize nominee in 1935. He is also known for his anti-semitic views. Szabó came to live in Budapest in 1918 and started publishing short essays in the literary revue ''Nyugat'' which was the leading newspaper of Hungary's intellectuals.MacDonald, AgnesGeneration West : Hungarian modernism and the wri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
View Of Krisztinaváros From The Castle Hill
A view is a sight or prospect or the ability to see or be seen from a particular place. View, views or Views may also refer to: Common meanings * View (Buddhism), a charged interpretation of experience which intensely shapes and affects thought, sensation, and action * Graphical projection in a technical drawing or schematic ** Multiview orthographic projection, standardizing 2D images to represent a 3D object * Opinion, a belief about subjective matters * Page view, a visit to a World Wide Web page * Panorama, a wide-angle view * Scenic viewpoint, an elevated location where people can view scenery * World view, the fundamental cognitive orientation of an individual or society encompassing the entirety of the individual or society's knowledge and point-of-view Places * View, Kentucky, an unincorporated community in Crittenden County * View, Texas, an unincorporated community in Taylor County Arts, entertainment, and media Music * ''View'' (album), the 2003 debut album ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
