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Timeless Tales and Modern Marvels: Budapest’s 150th Anniversary Celebration

As Budapest commemorates its 150th birthday this year, a grand celebration awaits all who join in the festivities….

Happy Birthday Budapest! — The First Heyday of the Hungarian Capital

Today’s Budapest was created on 17 November 1873 by the merger of Pest on the left bank of the Danube and Buda and Óbuda on the right bank. The rich and tumultuous history of these settlements has been documented since…
Aladár Székely’s photograph of Endre Ady, his mother and his wife from 1917.

‘The Admirer and Friend of Poets’: The Great Photographer Aladár Székely

The legendary photographer passed away 83 years ago today. His ambition was not to commemorate the political elite, the aristocracy, or the world of finance of his time, but rather the contemporary intellectual giants of Hungarian society, the progressive Hungarian…
The Dohány Street synagogue, the largest Neolog temple in Hungary and Europe.

Resilience and Renaissance: The Journey of Jewish Life and the Dohány Street Synagogue in Hungary

National anniversaries, especially 15 March, were regularly celebrated in the Dohány Street synagogue. Mourning services were also held on the occasion of the passing of great Hungarian statesmen. In addition to the regular services, the synagogue also hosted a number…

Tram Network Between Buda and Pest Re-connected 77 Years Ago

As all the Danube bridges were destroyed by the retreating Germans, tram service could start again between the two sides of the city over Liberty Bridge only on 20 August 1946….
A portrait of József Kőrösy (unknown author) from 1906.

József Kőrösy, the Hungarian Jewish Father of Modern Statistics

In 1869, the new statistical office of the capital was created, headed by Kőrösy. A few years later, he started to teach statistics in Budapest, the very first person to do so in Hungary. In 1896, he became a doctor…

The First Day of the Hungarian Revolution — 15 March 1848

In the spring of 1848, there were a series of revolutionary movements aimed to overthrow or reform monarchical government systems and create new nation states throughout the whole of Europe, which partly contributed to the outbreak of the Hungarian Revolution…

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