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Post Office Savings Bank (Postatakarekpenztar), Budapest

02. V 2006. 09:07 - Budapest
02. V 2006. 09:07
by sinisar
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Post Office Savings Bank (Postatakarekpenztar): One building you need to see.
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    • belgianchocolate
  • By belgianchocolate on November 5, 2004
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    • Post Office Savings Bank (Postatakarekpenztar) - Budapest
    by belgianchocolate

    The post savings bank or the 'Postatakarékpénztar'
    is a building that you need to see.
    Again opinions are divided if it is a masterpiece
    of 'Jugendstil' or just a blatant colorful ugly
    building.

    It was build from 1899-1902. Other cities
    had their Art-nouveux or 'Jugendstil' period.
    All the architects wanted something new...
    refreshing and break with the neo-styles.
    And they did succesfully. But only here in Budapest
    it is so different from for instance Brussels.

    This architectural style was fashionable
    only for a couple of years. Why?
    Because it was too expensive.
    Too expensive to design , too expensive
    to build.... Pitty.

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  • Directions: In the banking center of Budapest, walk from Arany Janos u. station (metro M3, trolley-buses #72 73) or Kossuth ter (M2, buses 15 City, trolleys 70 78, trams 2 2A)
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  • Updated By croisbeauty on December 9, 2004
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    • The Post Office Savings Bank - Budapest
    The Post Office Savings
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    by croisbeauty
    Architecture and the art at the turn of the 19/20 centuries are typified by the pioneering spirit of the time. Art Nouveau using motifs taken from Hungarian folk art, produced true gems of Budapest's architetural heritage. Its most eminent representative is Odon Lechner, who designed several buildings in the capital. His plan won first prize in the competition to design the Post Office Savings Bank.

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    Post Office Savings Bank (Postatakarekpenztar): Postatakarék-pénztár
    sinisar
  • By sinisar on December 17, 2006
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    • 02. V 2006. 09:07 - Budapest
    02. V 2006. 09:07
    by sinisar
    This four-storey, triple facade building functions as a bank to this day. The building in Hungarian secession style was built in 1900 and is the work of the great master of that style Ödön Lechner and of Sándor Baumgarten. The building opens onto narrow streets, so Lechner designed a relatively unornamented facade but a stunning cornice and roof decoration, which was made by the Zsolnay Ceramics Factory of Pécs. The facade of the Post Savings Bank, the roof construction with its majolica ornamentation, and the design of the staircase and halls present a homogenous picture to the last detail, even after major reconstruction of the interior. Ödön Lechner fashioned the offices with modest but artistic care and first-class technology. The Hungarian Royal Post Savings Bank began operation on 1st February, 1886. Tenders were invited for its headquarters in 1900, and the building was finished a year and a half later in late 1901, becoming one of the most valued works of the founder of the Hungarian secession style.

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  • Directions: In the banking center of Budapest, walk from Arany Janos u. station (metro M3, trolley-buses #72 73) or Kossuth ter (M2, buses 15 City, trolleys 70 78, trams 2 2A)
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