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Óbuda Synagogue
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The Óbuda Synagogue in Budapest is the oldest functioning synagogue in Hungary. The building was inaugurated in 1821. Its restrained, neoclassical aesthetic was consistent with popular architectural…

Contributor:

Andreas Landesherr

Places:

Pest-Buda, Austrian Empire (Budapest, Hungary)

Date:

1820–1821

Subjects:

Ashkenazi, Art, Synagogue, Cities, Community

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Decorative Arts, Architecture
Photograph of building exterior with five columns.
Dohány Street Synagogue
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The Dohány Street Synagogue in Budapest is the largest synagogue in Europe, and the second largest in the world, capable of accommodating three thousand people. The Moorish- and Byzantine-inspired…

Contributor:

Ludwig Förster

Places:

Pest-Buda, Austrian Empire (Budapest, Hungary)

Date:

1854–1859

Subjects:

Ashkenazi, Art, Synagogue, Cities, Community

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Decorative Arts, Architecture
Photograph of exterior facade of building with minarets, circular windows, and decoration, and trees in courtyard.
Sandor Schmidl Mausoleum (Jewish Cemetery, Budapest)
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The elaborate art-nouveau tomb of the wealthy Schmidl family in the Rákoskeresztúr Jewish cemetery in Budapest is made of ceramic tile made by the Zsolnay factory, famous for its art-nouveau ceramics…

Contributor:

Béla Latja, Ödön Lechner

Places:

Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Budapest, Hungary)

Date:

1903

Subjects:

Gravestones, Cities, Jewish identity, Modernity, Class

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Architecture, Monuments, Gravestones & Tombs
Photograph of gated door outside, surrounded by large archway and decorative floral motifs.
Sample from “Besszer” Calendar: Foreigners in Budapest
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This text was produced under Ágai’s pseudonym, Mokany Berczi.

Contributor:

Adolf Ágai

Places:

Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Budapest, Hungary)

Date:

1892

Subjects:

Calendar, Comics, Humor, Cities

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Cartooning & Graphic Art
Engraving of two people speaking in the street.
Museum of Applied Arts (facing Üllői Street)
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The Museum of Applied Arts in Budapest is considered an art-nouveau masterpiece. When it was built, it was ground-breaking not only for Hungarian architecture but also for museum architecture in…

Contributor:

Ödön Lechner, Gyula Pártos

Places:

Budapest, Austro-Hungarian Empire (Budapest, Hungary)

Date:

1896

Subjects:

Art, Cities, Leisure, Crafts

Categories:

Visual & Material Culture, Architecture
Photograph of brick building on street corner with ornate roof finials and domed roofs.