Monuments and their Preservation in Hunggyary Dömös (near the Danube Band) Royal Palace and Monastery – 12th c. Hungary - Budapest

•-Around 5,000 listed sites fffrom the most significant European artistic periods, including some outstanding Classicist and Hungarian Secession buildings. Indeed, the latter can only be seen here in Hungary.

• - World Heritage Sites in Budapest: The Danube view with the Buda Castle (Budai vár), and the splendid groups of buildings in Pest, as well as Andrássy Avenue (Andrássy út) with its luxurious palaces and the Heroes' Square (Hősök tere) with its ceremonious atmosphere.

Contra- Aquincum, Budapest Március 15.-e tér

Aquincum

Amphitheatre - Civilian Town Amphitheatre – Military Barracks Pécs (The Cultural Capital of Europe in 2010) The Central Early Christian Chapel in the center of the biggest Early Christian unity outside Italy WHO – World Heritage To help protect your privacy, PowerPoint prevented this external picture from being automatically downloaded. To download and display this picture, click Options in the Message Bar, and then click Enable external content.

The Christogram – sign of Christ The Occupation of the Homeland (Wall painting in the Museum of the Occupation at Ópusztaszer) The Statue of ÁRPÁD Leader of the 7 tribes and the founder of the first Royyyyal Dynasty To help protect your privacy, PowerPoint prevented this external picture from being automatically downloaded. To download and display this picture, click Options in the Message Bar, and then click Enable external content.

The statue of Stephan I. and his wife, Queen Gizella in the Queen’s Castle in Veszprém and the Gizella Chapel Benedictine Abbey – Somogyvár – 12th c. Feldebrő – Church ((ytoday lower church with the tomb of King Aba Samuel) – 11th c. Wall paintings remaind and restored at the lower church The Abbey Church of Tihany The Grave of Andras (Andrew) I., the founder in the lower church Detail of the Founding letter with the first Hungarian words written Mánfa – 12th c. Egregy – 13th c.

Esztergom one of the first Royal Courts + the first Primateship

The Palace during the excavations and today The first excavations and reconstructions: 1934-1938 The entrance The apse of the Palace chapel today (early Cistercian Gothic – restored) The First Cathedral dedicated to St. Adalbert by King Stephen I. – 11.th century The First Cathedral dedicated to St. Adalbert by King Stephen I. – 11.th century Reconstruction of the Romanesque main gate (Porta Speciosa) The big Medieval Abbey Churches JÁK

The big Medieval Abbey Churches Lébény

The big Medieval Abbey Churches Zsámbék Bélapátfalva the final settling of the Cistercian building lodge

Béla IV. – the second founder of the Hungarian Kingdom Tower of Solomon – mid-13th c.

The Castle – 14th c. The castle of Sümeg – 14-16th c.

The castle of Diósgyőr – 14-15th c. The Castle of Nagyvázsony – 13-15th c. The high Gothic Our Lady today Mathias) Church in Buda Castle Drawing from the so called Schedel-Chronicle - 1448 Totally rebuilt for the Millenary celebrations at the end of the 19th century Sopron – Franciscan („ The Goat” ) church The Chapter House of the Church There is an interesting point of some historians/art historians. It says that the border of Western culture can be drawn by connecting the Gothic Cathedrals on the Eastern edge of Europe. KAUNAS - KRAKOW – KOSSICE - GYULAFEHÉRVÁR - ZAGREB St. Elizabeth Cathedral, Kosice , Slovakia – 1378-1506

St. Michael’s Cathedral, Gyulafehérvár (Alba Iulia), Transilvania (Romania) from the 13th c. King Mathias Corvinus The Renaissance ruler of Hungary Visegrád – Royal Palace The Hercules fountain Primate’s Cathedral – Esztergom Bakócz Chapel Vernacular Renaissance - Csengersima The Castle and the Female Heroes of Eger

Turkish minaret in Eger – early 17th c . Turkish monuments in Hungary - Pécs The Djami of Pasa Gaza Kaszim – 16th c. The djami of Pasa Jakovali Hassan – early 16th c.

Veli bej ilidzseszi – The Emppperor’s Bath in Budapest

Jesil direkli ilidzseszi – Rudas Bath, 17th c. Rebuilding after the Turks The Austrian (Hapsburg) Baroque influence • UThUp: The extens ion o fPf Pest at the beginning of the 19th c. By Jozsef HILD

• Down: The extension of Pest after the Compromise with Austria (1867) to the outbreak of World War I. (1914) Pest and Buda from the Gellért-hill at the begining of the 19th c.

The National Theatre The National Museum ((pThe fourth public museum buildin g after London , Berlin and Munich )

William Clardk (designer) – Adam Clark: Builder: The Chain Bridge The Avenue Miklós YBL: Hungarian State Opera - 1886

The first subway of the continent, the second in Europe after London

Imre STEINDL: The Parliament of Hungary Global Art Nouveau The Gresham Palace – today Four season Hotel Ödön LECHNER (the leader of the Hungarian Art Nouveau = Sezession) The Museum of Applied Arts

Károly KÓS the father of v ernacu lar rev iv al in the sez ession Church in Zebegény Károly Kós and Dénes GYÖRGYI: School at Városmajor, Budapest Vernacular architecture (remained mostly from the 19th c.) The Skanzen in Szentendre The Athens Charter for the Restoration of Historic Monuments Adopted at the First International Congress of Architects and Technicians of Historic Monuments, Athens 1931

• At the Congress in Athens the following seven main resolutions were made and called "Carta del Restauro":

• International organizations for Restoration on operational and advisory levels are to be established. • Proposed Restoration projects are to be subjected to knowledgeable critiiiticism to preven t mi itkstakes whi hihillch will cause loss o f c harac ter an d historical values to the structures. • Problems of preservation of historic sites are to be solved by legislation at national level for all countries. • Excavated sites which are not subject to immediate restoration should be reburied for protection. • Modern techniques and materials may be used in restoration work. • Historical sites are to be given strict custodial protection. • Attention should be given to the protection of areas surrounding historic sites. The Venice Charter for the Conservation and Restoration of Monuments and Sites - 1964

• DEFINITIONS • ARTICLE 1. The concept of an historic monument embraces not only the single architectural work but also the urban or rural setting in which is found the evidence of a particular civilization, a significant development or an historic event. This applies not only to great works of art but also to more modest works of the past which have acquired cultural significance with the passing of time. • ARTICLE 2. The conservation and restoration of monuments must have recourse to all the sciences and techniques which can contribute to the study and safeguarding of the architectural heritage.

• AIM • ARTICLE 3 . The i nt enti on in conserv ing an d res tor ing monumen ts is to safeguard them no less as works of art than as historical evidence. In Hungary

• 1881 - NiNationa lCl Comm ittee o fMf Monuments

• 1945 - Plans for a new Act

• 1949 - The first Act on Preservation and restoration of Monuments

• 2001 – The second Act – establisment of the Office of Presorvation of the Cultural Heritage 1949 - The Acton Preservation of Monuments („in situ”) In practice: The Hilston on the Castle Hill