Happy birthday Budapest!

The turn of the 19th and 20th century brought in my view the greatest develpment and and golden age of Budapest. After the the war of independence (1848-49), which was followed by a resistance pediod of 20 years the city reached the turning point in its development by the early 1900s Budapest, the capital of Hungary, evolved from the old towns of Óbuda (Old-Buda), Buda and Pest, six years after the Austro-Hungarian agreement and the establishment of the Austro-Hungarian Empire. In the last quarter of the 19th century, the city grew to a surprising degree. During this period, its population tripled, rising from 280,000 to 933,000, whilst the number of its buildings almost doubled. These constructions were planned and supervised by the capital’s Council for Public Works, the central organisation responsible for city planning. They turned Budapest into a metropolis in the truest sense of the word.Of course the two World Wars beaucause of Hungary’s geopolitical situation and its wartime role has brought almost complete destruction to most of its historical buildings especially in the Castle District of Buda.

 The National Hauszmann Program since 2019 is an unrepeatable opportunity for the Buda Castle Palace District to regain its old splendour and show to the world the greatness of Hungarian architecture.