- Munkácsy Mihály utсa, 23
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47.514149, 19.071577 (OpenStreetMap, Google Maps, Yandex Maps)
- Oval plaque on the wall to the right of the entrance to the building
- Which party is mentioned on the plaque?
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magyar demokrata fórum, democratic party
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Historical background
This nice art nouveau building faces on the Epreskert Art Colony. The hungarian name, Epreskerti művésztelep, can't be more romantic. It means "Mulberry Garden". It was an artists' colony in Budapest in the last decades of the 19th and the first half of the 20th century. The colony occupied an oblong shaped block bounded by Bajza, Lendvay, Epreskert (after 1900 Munkácsy Mihály) and Kmety Street. The Epreskert was a municipal garden of mulberry trees on the outskirts of Pest which remained in agricultural usage until the 1870s. After the opening of Andrássy Avenue in 1871 the commercial value of the plot went up and urbanization began. In 1879 the municipal council donated a parcel on the corner of Bajza and Lendvay Streets to Adolf Huszár, a renowned sculptor who worked on prestigious municipal projects but was in need of a suitable workshop. Two years later Huszár built an atelier in fashionable Neo-Renaissance style and became the first artist to live there. In 1886 the block was divided into ten lots for ateliers. The Hungarian Academy of Fine Arts (now Hungarian University of Fine Arts) established its campus on the other side of Kmety Street. Normally now only the art students have access to this area. If you happen to be in Budapest during the Museum or Art night, you shoud use the rare opportunity to take a romantic walk among the high old trees and ateliers, and see the nicely renovated Calvary building from the 18th century and the remaining stones of the Church of Mary. For a really unusual sight these days, look for the Lenin statue on the Bajza utca side of the garden.
Present in routes of categories Griffin, Atlas
Passed by: 36/36 (100%).
By categories:
- Atlas: 21/21 (100%)
- Griffin: 15/15 (100%)