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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. Leave a Comment 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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 The Post Office Savings Bank 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. Leave a Comment Directions: Inner City
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 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. www.vendegvaro.hu Leave a Comment 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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