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budapestexpert (12-11-2007) •••••5
Walking from the City Park towards the Puskás Ferenc Stadion you may find the Geological Institute of Hungary (Földtani Intézet), the most significant Hungarian secessionist creation. The building was designed by Ödön Lechner and was handed over to the public in 1908. (Lechner has numerous other beautiful buildings in the area and across the city). Like many other of his buildings, this one also has the blue Zsolnay ceramic roof, along with the historic Hungarian figures of the past, balancing a huge globe on their shoulders. It's enriched with folk and geological patterns (motifs). The interior of the building is also very distinctive, with Leichner himself responsible for the unique design (and shape) of all the doors and windows. In many of these doors and windows you may find genuine Hungarian folk ornamentation of glass engravings. The walls are also richly decorated. You may also find the National Geological Museum (Országos Földtani Múzeum) here.
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artdeco, architecture, artnouveau, secession
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