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Triple-jug of the Andrássy family
These silver jugs are joined by a miniature Where to See the
of the castle belonging to the Andrássy Habsburg City
family, at what is now Krásna Hôrka
in the Slovak Republic. Having taken Buda and Pest
from the Turks in the late 17th
century, the Habsburgs set
about rebuilding them in
the 18th century, mainly
in the Baroque style. Famous
buildings from this era
in clude the Municipal Council
Offices, St Anne’s Church
(see pp106–7), St Elizabeth’s
Hungarian aristocrats swear Church (p105) and the
on their lives to pro tect Maria University Church (p143).
Theresa’s throne.

Dress (c. 1750)
This dress, typical of St Anne’s Church, which was
Hungarian style with built between 1740–1805,
its corset which was astonishes visitors with its
tightened by golden cords, magnificent Baroque interior.
was worn by a lady from
the noble Majtényi family.

Ferenc II Rákóczi’s Chair The Municipal Council
Richly upholstered, this Offices in the heart of Pest
graceful 18th-century chair have a portico decorated with
from Regéc Castle is typical allegori cal figures by Johann
of the style of the period. Christoph Mader (see p131).

1745–71 Building of the The magnificent Habsburg 1780 Magyar Hírmondó, the first A hussar,
Habsburg Royal Palace Royal Palace Hungarian language newspaper, or soldier
1778 Roman remains begins printing
are discovered
in Óbuda
1750 1765 1780 1795
1752 A regular postal 1766 A floating bridge 1792 Convoca tion of
service operates between links Buda and Pest parliament and the
Buda and Vienna coro nation of Franz I
1777 University moves from
1746–57 Construction of the Zichy Nagyszombat to Buda; later 1784 Establishment of Ferenc
Palace in Óbuda (see p175) relocates to Pest Goldberger’s textile factory in Óbuda

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