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On the site of today's Vigadó in Pest the Redoute-building once stood, the first and very significant work of Mihály Pollack, the architect of the Hungarian National Museum. Between 1848 and 1849, at the time of the War of Independence, the first Chamber of Deputies sat in this building which drove General Hentzl, the commander of the Austrian troops in Buda, to destroy this beautiful palace. Between 1859 and 1864 Frigyes Feszl reerected the Redoute in the Romantic style. It is one of the finest pieces of Romantic architecture in Europe.
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The original construction of the bridge between 1897 and 1903 was carried out according to the plans by Aurél Czekelius. Many houses and squares had to be destroyed at the Pest end of the bridge, today's Kossuth Lajos Street was straightened, and the bridge-gate and the two Eclectic "Klotild-Palaces", were also built. The beatiful bridge, the world's longest chain-bridge until 1926, was blown up in 1945 by the retreating German troops. Designed by Pál Sávoly, it was rebuilt as a cable-bridge in 1963.
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The building, raised in 1895-97 according to plans by Samu Petz, was long the biggest Market-Hall in the city. Today it attracts shoppers for its spaciousness and architectural decor. At the end of the last century several Market-centres were built with similarly decorative ironwork and huge glass surfaces. They combined function and esthetics at the highest technical level of the time. The Market Halls operate even today.
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The Museum was built in 1847 according to plans by Mihály Pollack. Treasures of Hungarian history, including the coronation insignia are displayed here. The staircase of the Museum is adorned by the frescoes of famous Hungarian painters. In the garden, besides the statues of eminent representatives of Hungarian culture, are ancient relics, such as the column from the Forum Romanum. The museum is also one of the symbols of the War of Independence of 1848-49.
homepage: http://www.hnm.hu/english/ottlap1.html
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