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8 Municipal
Council Offices
Fővárosi Önkormányzat
Városház utca 9–11. Map 4 E1 & F1 (10
E4). Tel (06 1) 327 10 00. q Ferenciek
tere. Open 8am–4:30pm Mon–Thu,
8am–12:30pm Fri. ∑ budapest.hu
The largest Baroque building
in Budapest, this edifice was
completed in 1735 to a design
by the architect Anton Erhard
Martinelli. It was originally a
hospital for veterans of the war
between the Christians and
Turks at the end of the 17th
century (see pp28–9).
In 1894 the city authorities
bought the building in order
to convert it into council
offices. Ármin Hegedűs was
commissioned to refurbish Glory to Hungary, the mosaic on the façade of the Turkish Bank
the building.
Most notable are the bas- 0 Servite Church The church’s simplicity is typical
reliefs decorating the gates on Szervita Templom of early Neo-Classicism. It also
the Városház utca side of the Szervita tér 7. Map 4 E1 (10 D4). reflects the notion of minimal
building. The scenes depicted in q Deák Ferenc tér. church decoration, which was
the bas-reliefs commemorate a upheld by this branch of
victory of Charles III (see p21) and This Baroque church was built Protestantism. Above the modest
Prince Eugene of Savoy’s role in between 1725–32 to a design main altar is a copy of Raphael’s
the war against the Turks (see p75). by János Hölbling and György Transfiguration by Franz Sales
These are thought to be the Pauer. In 1871, the fa çade was Lochbihler, made in 1811. Organ
work of the Viennese sculp tor rebuilt and the tower was recitals are held in the church.
Johann Christoph Mader. covered with a new roof, Another Neo-Classical build-
designed by József Diescher. ing by Mihály Pollack adjoins
Above the doorway there are the church. Constructed as a
9 Turkish Bank figures of St Peregrin and St Lutheran school, it is now the
Török Bankház Anne, and above them sit St National Lutheran Museum. The
Philip and St Augustine. To the museum illustrates the history
Szervita tér 3. Map 4 E1 (10 D4).
q Deák Ferenc tér. right of the entrance there is a of the Reformation in Hungary,
bas-relief by János Istók, dating and the most inter esting exhibit
Dating from 1906 and designed from 1930. It is dedi cated to the is a copy of Martin Luther’s last
by Henrik Böhm and Ármin heroes of the VIIth Wilhelm will and testament. The original
Hegedűs, the building that Hussar Regiment who gave docu ment, dating from 1542,
formerly housed the Turkish their lives in World War I. is held in the Lutheran Archives.
Bank is a wonderful example
of the Secession style.
The exterior used modern q Lutheran Church
construction methods to create Evangélikus Templom
the glass façade, which is set in Deák tér 4. Map 2 E5 (10 E3). Tel (06 1)
reinforced concrete. Above the 317 34 13. q Deák Ferenc tér.
fenestration, in the gable, is a 7 National Lutheran Museum:
magnificent colourful mo saic Tel (06 1) 483 21 50. Closed for
by Miksa Róth. Entitled Glory to renovation until early 2017; check
Hungary, it depicts Hungary website for times. & 8 by arrange-
paying homage to the Virgin ment. ∑ evangelikusmuzeum.hu
Mary, or Patrona Hungariae
(see p121). Angels and shepherds Mihály Pollack designed this
surround the Virgin, along with Neo-Classical church, built
figures of Hungarian political between 1799 –1808. A portico,
heroes, such as Prince Ferenc which features a tym panum
Rákóczi (see p30), István supported by Doric columns,
Széchenyi (see pp32–3) and was added to the façade in Neo-Classical main altar in the
Lajos Kossuth (see p110). 1856 by József Hild. Lutheran Church

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