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Imre Makovecz
Imre Makovecz (November 20, 1935 – September 27, 2011) was a Hungary, Hungarian architect active in Europe from the late 1950s onward. Makovecz was born and died in Budapest. He attended the Technical University of Budapest. He was founder and "eternal and executive president" of the Hungarian Academy of Arts. He was an award-winning architect, having won Ybl Prize, Kossuth Prize, Steindl Imre Prize and Prima Primissima Award among many others. Makovecz was one of the most prominent proponents of organic architecture. As such, his buildings attempt to work with the natural surroundings rather than triumph over them. Frank Lloyd Wright and Rudolf Steiner are both strong influences, as is traditional Hungarian art. His work began as a critique of communist ideology and the brutal uniformity of system building, but after the fall of the Communist regime in 1989, it became a comment on the nature of globalisation and corporate culture. In its attempts to refer to and build on ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Budapest
Budapest is the Capital city, capital and List of cities and towns of Hungary, most populous city of Hungary. It is the List of cities in the European Union by population within city limits, tenth-largest city in the European Union by population within city limits and the List of cities and towns on the river Danube, second-largest city on the river Danube. The estimated population of the city in 2025 is 1,782,240. This includes the city's population and surrounding suburban areas, over a land area of about . Budapest, which is both a List of cities and towns of Hungary, city and Counties of Hungary, municipality, forms the centre of the Budapest metropolitan area, which has an area of and a population of 3,019,479. It is a primate city, constituting 33% of the population of Hungary. The history of Budapest began when an early Celts, Celtic settlement transformed into the Ancient Rome, Roman town of Aquincum, the capital of Pannonia Inferior, Lower Pannonia. The Hungarian p ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kakasd
Kakasd () is a village in Tolna County, Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and .... External links Street map References Populated places in Tolna County {{Tolna-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tatabánya
Tatabánya (; ; ) is a city with county rights of 64,305 inhabitants in northwestern Hungary, in the Central Transdanubian region. It is the capital of Komárom-Esztergom County. Location The city is located in the valley between the Gerecse and Vértes Mountains, some from the capital. By virtue of its location, the city is a railway and road junction. The M1 (also European routes E60, E75) motorway from Vienna to Budapest passes through the outer city limits, and the Vienna-Budapest railway line also passes through the city. History Archaeological findings prove that humans have been living here since the Stone Age. The three historic predecessor settlements of Tatabánya are Alsógalla, Felsőgalla, and Bánhida. Bánhida is the earliest settlement, it was first mentioned in 1288. In the 16th century, the Ottoman Turks occupied the area. Around this time, the inhabitants became Protestants. Later, its feudal lords, the Esterházys populated the area with Roman Cathol ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Balatonszepezd
Balatonszepezd is a village in Veszprém county, Hungary, on the northern shore of the Lake Balaton. History Balatonszepezd was first settled in the 13th century as a fishing village. It was first the domain of royal stewards, then of local nobles, and later on the bishop of Veszprém and the Benedictine The Benedictines, officially the Order of Saint Benedict (, abbreviated as O.S.B. or OSB), are a mainly contemplative monastic order of the Catholic Church for men and for women who follow the Rule of Saint Benedict. Initiated in 529, th ... Somogyvár Abbey. The old Roman Catholic church was built during this period. As a result of the Ottoman-Hungarian Wars, Turkish invasion, it was almost completely destroyed; after the war, it was repopulated primarily by Germans, Germans. The village continued to grow and by the 18th century it was home to another two churches of Calvinist and Lutheran Christian denomination, denomination, respectively. By the 19th century, the v ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szekszárd
Szekszárd (, formerly also ''Szegzárd''; ; or ; ) is a small city in southern Hungary and the capital of Tolna County. By population, Szekszárd is the smallest county capital in Hungary; by area, it is the second-smallest (after Tatabánya). Location Szekszárd lies at the meeting point of the Transdanubian Mountains, Transdanubian Hills and the Alföld, Great Hungarian Plain, at the mouth of Sió into the flood plain of Danube. Etymology The Etymological Dictionary of Geographical Names, somewhat differently from the above, derives the name of the locality from the old Hungarian colour name szegszár (sötétsárga, brownish yellow), which could have become a personal name with the diminutive -d and thus could have been a predecessor of the town name. History Szekszárd was first mentioned in 1015. The Benedictine monastery of the town was founded by King Béla I of Hungary, Béla I in 1061. During the reign of Matthias Corvinus of Hungary, King Matthias, Szekszárd w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Velence
Velence is a town in the county of Fejér, Hungary, on the shore of Lake Velence. Its name is the same in Hungarian as that of the Italian city of Venice, though they are suffixed differently: "in Velence" is ''Velencén'', while ''Velencében'' refers to the Italian city (Magyar Angol Nagyszótár, Akadémiai Kiadó. See Hungarian grammar for details). Notable people *Alajos Hauszmann (1847–1926), architect, professor, member of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences * Klára Somogyi (1913–1996), tennis player * Péter Kun (1967–1993), hard rock guitarist * Zsolt Szekeres (born 1975), football player *Anita Kulcsár Anita Kulcsár (2 October 1976 – 19 January 2005) was a Hungarian handball player. She was voted IHF World Player of the Year in 2004 by the International Handball Federation. Life She began her handball career with Nyíregyházi Kölcsey ... (1976–2005), handball player External links * in Hungarian References Populated places in Fejér C ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Berhida
Berhida is a town in Veszprém county, Hungary Hungary is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning much of the Pannonian Basin, Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and .... References Populated places in Veszprém County {{Veszprem-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szentlélek Templom, Makoveczpaks
Leliceni ( or colloquially ''Szentlélek'', meaning "Holy Spirit", Hungarian pronunciation:) is a commune in Harghita County, Romania. It lies in the Székely Land, an ethno-cultural region in eastern Transylvania. Component villages The commune is composed of four villages: History The main village was first mentioned in 1251 by its Hungarian name as ''castrum Zenth Lelewk''. In 1602, it was recorded as ''Szentlélek'' and in 1913 as ''Csikszentlélek''. Its original Romanian names was ''Cic-Sânlelec'' which was later Romanianized to the current official name. Transylvanian Toponym Book The villages forming the commune belonged to district until the ad ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Recsk
Recsk is a large village in Heves County, Hungary, under the Mátra mountain range, beside of the Parádi-Tarna creek. As of 2022 census, it has a population of 2497 (see Demographics). The village located beside of the (Nr. 84) Kisterenye–Kál-Kápolna railway line, 27.5 km from the main road 3 and 32.0 km from the M25 expressway. Although the settlement has its own railway station, public transport on the railway line ceased on . The closest train station with public transport is in Bátonyterenye 27.2 km away. History The first documented mention of the settlement dates from 1329, when it was mentioned as ''Rexy'' and the landlord was Demeter Recsky. The name of the village appears as ''Rekch'' in 1478. 4 ports were counted in the Ottoman tax censuses. During 1700-1701, and acquired property rights, but even in the 1720s only 13 serf families lived in the village. The owners of the area in the 18th century were the , Recsky, Kubinyi, Lipthay, , Tahy families, who were ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Seville, Spain
Seville ( ; , ) is the capital and largest city of the Spanish autonomous community of Andalusia and the province of Seville. It is situated on the lower reaches of the River Guadalquivir, in the southwest of the Iberian Peninsula. Seville has a municipal population of about 701,000 , and a metropolitan population of about 1.5 million, making it the largest city in Andalusia and the fourth-largest city in Spain. Its old town, with an area of , contains a UNESCO World Heritage Site comprising three buildings: the Alcázar palace complex, the Cathedral and the General Archive of the Indies. The Seville harbour, located about from the Atlantic Ocean, is the only river port in Spain. The capital of Andalusia features hot temperatures in the summer, with daily maximums routinely above in July and August. Seville was founded as the Roman city of . Known as ''Ishbiliyah'' after the Islamic conquest in 711, Seville became the centre of the independent Taifa of Seville followi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
