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dome at one point, meant
Neo-Classical and that the realization of the ori­
Historicist ginal design was impossible.
In 1781, Joseph II passed an Following Hild’s death in 1867,
edict permitting the building Miklós Ybl continued the project.
of Protestant churches. The city He departed from Hild’s plan,
already had many Catholic incorporating Renaissance­style
churches and Protestant com­ features. The Basilica was finally
munities now started to build com pleted by a third architect,
their own places of worship in József Kauser, in 1905.
the prevailing style of the time,
Neo­Classicism. Late 19th- and
One of the first to go up was
the Lutheran Church, on Deák 20th-Century
Ferenc tér, completed in 1808 The two most stunning
by Mihály Pollack, a gifted synagogues in Budapest The Byzantine-Moorish interior of the
master of Neo­Classical were designed by Viennese Great Synagogue
architecture. The white, ascetic architects in the second half
interior of the church, with its of the 19th century. 1913. These two churches
two­floor gallery, was ideally Ludwig Förster constructed the display a striking combination
suited to the nature of this place Great Synagogue in Byzantine­ of colourful ceramics, Eastern­
of worship. The majesty and Moorish style in 1859 and Otto style ornamentation and also
simplicity of the Neo­Classical Wagner, an important Secession Neo­Gothic elements.
style corresponded with the architect (see pp56–9), realized
more austere nature one of his first projects Where to Find the
of Protestant belief. in 1872. This was the Churches and
József Hild, another Orthodox Syna-
master of the style, gogue on Synagogues
later extended the Rumbach utca, Buda Lutheran Church p88
church. He added which also Calvinist Church p104
the portico with its incorporated Capuchin Church p104
Doric columns, Moorish ideas. Cave Church p96
linking the church with Closely linked to the Chapel of St Roch p139
the presbytery and a Secession style is the Church of St Mary
school. The complex as a Hungarian National Magdalene p89
whole is one of the best Style, based on an idio­ Cistercian Church of
exam ples of Neo­Classical syncratic combination St Imre p161
architecture in Budapest. of ethnic motifs and Franciscan Church p143
On a more modest elements from folk Great Synagogue
pp138–9
scale is the Calvinist art. This style is most Inner City Parish Church
Church, built in the visi ble in two pp128–9
Neo­Gothic style Baptismal font at the churches by Józsefváros Parish Church
between 1893–6. Lutheran Church Hungarian archi tects. p159
When plans for it Ödön Lechner, the Kőbánya Parish Church
were drawn up by József Hild originator of the Hungarian p160
in 1845, St Stephen’s Basilica National Style, completed Lutheran Church p132
was intended to be the pinnacle Kőbánya Parish Church, on the Mátyás Church pp86–7
of Neo­Classical architecture. outskirts of Budapest, in 1900. Orthodox Synagogue,
However, several delays, Meanwhile, Aladár Árkay built Jewish Quarter p138
including the collapse of its Városliget Calvinist Church in St Anne’s Church
pp106–107
St Elizabeth’s Church p105
Dome of the St Michael’s Church,
eclectic St Margaret Island p177
Moorish-
style towers Stephen’s Basilica St Stephen’s Basilica
pp120–21
of the Great Serbian Church p142
Synagogue
Servite Church p132
Tabán Parish Church p99
Újlak Parish Church
p158
University Church p143
Városliget Calvinist Church,
Városligeti Avenue p148

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