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	Budapest Hotels - Hotels in Budapest Hungary
		Budapest Hotels- Reservations for Hotels in Budapest Welcome to the Budapest Hotels section of Global Hotels-24-7.com where we offer an excellent range of hotels in Budapest, Hungary.
		They also brought their own style of architecture and built their homes and mansions with all the columns and arches that made up the Roman architecture style.
		- The city of Budapest has magnificent buildings and architecture
	www.budapest.globalhotels-24-7.com (433 words)

	Publisher description for Library of Congress control number 96010949
		Publisher description for East European modernism : architecture in Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland between the wars 1919-1939 / edited with introduction and essays by Wojciech Lesnikowski ; essays by Vladimir Slapeta...
		Library of Congress subject headings for this publication: Functionalism (Architecture) Europe, Central, Architecture Europe, Central 20th century
		An introductory essay examines functionalism in Eastern Europe from an international perspective essays by prominent architectural historians from Czechoslovakia, Hungary, and Poland explore competing ideas and functionalism in each country.
	www.loc.gov /catdir/description/hol043/96010949.html (237 words)

	Information Headquarters: Romania
		The first two Calling Code 40 would be under the influence of the Ottoman Empire, but with internal autonomy, the third at first belonged to Hungary, also having a large autonomy, then to Austria-Hungary.
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		The modern Romania was born when the principalities of Moldavia and Wallachia merged in 1859, and became independent in 1881.
	www.informationheadquarters.com /SARS/Romania.shtml (237 words)

	Budapest Travel Information Lonely Planet Destination Guide
		With its multifarious and often embittered history, incredible architecture and rich cultural heritage, Hungary's capital deserves its reputation as the 'Paris of Eastern Europe'.
		Erno Rubik, inventor of the Rubik's Cube, was born in Budapest, and in 1982 the city was proud host of the first ever Rubik's Cube World Championships.
		It also has a turn-of-the-century feel to it, for it was then - during the industrial boom and the capital's heyday - that most of the city was built.
	www.lonelyplanet.com /destinations/europe/budapest (207 words)

	Budapest Hotels, Budapest Apartments, Hotel Apartment Accommodation in Budapest - Hungary
		The capital of Hungary, Budapest offers incredible architecture and rich cultural heritage.
		We are now also featuring the major hotels in Budapest by map if you prefer the choose your accommodation booking facility this way, or you may want to see a longer list of Budapest hotels with the lowest prices available.
		All budapest hotel reservations are handled by real people who have knowledge of each of our centrally located Budapest hotels (mostly city center) and are able to offer advice and guidance at no extra cost.
	www.budapesthotels.com (899 words)

	Brewer, E. Cobham. Dictionary of Phrase & Fable. Elizabe’than.
		Elizabethan architecture is a mixture of Gothic and Italian, prevalent in the reigns of Elizabeth and James I. Elizabeth of Hungary (St.
		After the style of things in the reign of Queen Elizabeth.
		Shaw, G.B. Stein, G. Stevenson, R.L. Wells, H.G. Reference > Brewer’s Dictionary > Elizabe’than.
	www.bartleby.com /81/5749.html (899 words)

	Atrium
		Atrium magazine was started up eight years ago with the aim of presenting fine architecture, interior design and industrial design to the public in Hungary.
		The architecture section features some iconic works by foreign and Hungarian architects.Graz’ arts centre was the architectural sensation of the season, and Renzo Piano’s auditoria in Rome are summer memories of research in the field of zoomorphic architecture.
		Every year, Atrium holds the Hungarian Furniture Today exhibition, a unique opportunity for 70-80 young Hungarian designers of furniture, textiles, lamps and other products to show their work to the industry and the lay public.
	www.atrium.hu /angol.php (227 words)

	Budapest city guide, Hungary - Time Out Travel
		With its Turkish baths, eclectic architecture and grand old coffee houses, Budapest has more than enough to win over visitors all year round.
		Panoramically divided by the Danube, Budapest is one of Europe's most beautiful capitals.
		But its charms seem particularly beguiling in the spring and summer, when pavement cafés fill up and locals come out of their winter-long spiritual hibernation to party with manic abandon.
	www.timeout.com /travel/budapest (189 words)

	Lycos - Corinthia Grand Hotel Royal Budapest - Hungary Budapest in Other Countries - Compare Cheap Prices and Buy
		The former Grand Hotel Royal opened its doors in its original splendour as the symbol of history, culture, architecture and Hungarian tradition.
		Lycos - Corinthia Grand Hotel Royal Budapest - Hungary Budapest in Other Countries - Compare Cheap Prices and Buy
		The Corinthia Grand Hotel Royal is conveniently situated in the heart of Budapest close to the main business district and shopping area.
	shopping.lycos.co.uk /4736en12965.html (189 words)

	Hungary Hotel - Corinthia Grand Hotel Royal Budapest Hungary
		The former Grand Hotel Royal has been transformed into the superb, modern Corinthia Grand Hotel Royal and has opened its doors in its original splendor as the symbol of history, culture, architecture and Hungarian tradition, establishing a new standard in luxury five-star city centre hotels.
		This is only applicable if prepayment is made thru Southtravels.com and these are subject to change without prior notice, surcharges impose by hotels during special events.To view the Hungary calendar of events
		In the adjacent Sushi bar, a specialist chef creates dishes, which are almost an art form, to the delight and anticipation of the watching diners.
	www.southtravels.com /europe/hungary/corinthiagrandhotelroyal/index.html (189 words)

	Contexts of Paradox
		John von Neumann was born Janos Newmann in Budapest, Hungary on 28 December, 1903, the eldest of three brothers.
		Von Neumann received the principal credit to some extent because he was the one who documented the ideas, who elaborated the concepts, and who took it upon himself to tell the rest of the world about the work.
		Von Neumann went to Princeton in 1930, the year after he married his fiancee Marietta Kovesi, a brilliant economics student at the University of Budapest and a leading figure in the social nightlife of the Hungarian capital.
	www.maa.org /devlin/devlin_12_03.html (2195 words)

	ArtServe at the Australian National University: http://rubens.anu.edu.au
		July 2005: Images of religious architecture, and especially stained glass, from France and England;
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		and for church art & architecture: austria: churches & cathedrals; england: churches & cathedrals; france: churches & cathedrals; germnay: churches & cathedrals; italy: churches & cathedrals; spain: churches & cathedrals;
	rubens.anu.edu.au (2195 words)

	Architecture
		Romanticism, evoking Medieval and Oriental architecture, began in Hungary in the middle of the century.
		The eclectic architecture and urban design of Historicism, which took from the styles of different ages, together with secession influences were crucial in determining the style that united Pest and Buda in 1873.
		Perhaps 19th century Hungarian urban architecture's boldest undertaking was the 2320-meter-long Route of Honour with its Neo-Renaissance palaces, located between the city centre and City Park.
	www.hungary.com /servlet/page?_pageid=7034&_dad=portal30&_schema=PORTAL30 (2195 words)

	Architecture
		Romanticism, evoking Medieval and Oriental architecture, began in Hungary in the middle of the century.
		The eclectic architecture and urban design of Historicism, which took from the styles of different ages, together with secession influences were crucial in determining the style that united Pest and Buda in 1873.
		Perhaps 19th century Hungarian urban architecture's boldest undertaking was the 2320-meter-long Route of Honour with its Neo-Renaissance palaces, located between the city centre and City Park.
	www.hungary.com /servlet/page?_pageid=7034,6177&_dad=portal30&_schema=PORTAL30 (2835 words)

	EUROPA - Culture - Hungary
		Hungary's cultural administration is dominated by the culture ministry, whose official name is the Ministry of National Cultural Heritage.
		The National Cultural Fund distributes grants to project; it has supported international cultural exchanges and programmes in the field of architecture, environment, photography, literature, fine arts; applied arts, libraries, amateur arts, national Archives, movie pictures, museums, folk art, theatre, dance and music.
		It is also responsible for the national cultural institutes abroad through a Directorate of Cultural Institutes which aim is to promote Hungarian culture at home and abroad, disseminate information and news on developments in Hungary's arts sector, and organise cultural events.
	europa.eu.int /comm/culture/portal/sites/members/en/hungary_en.htm (283 words)

	Turkish architecture - All About Turkey
		Examples of Ottoman architecture of the classical period, aside from Istanbul and Edirne, can also be seen in Egypt, Tunisia, Algiers, the Balkans and Hungary, where mosques, bridges, fountains and schools were built.
		Another area in which the Seljuks contributed to architecture is that of tomb monuments.
		Ottoman architecture, influenced by Seljuk, Byzantine and Arab architecture, came to develop a style all of its own.
	www.allaboutturkey.com /mimari.htm (283 words)

	Architecture
		Romanticism, evoking Medieval and Oriental architecture, began in Hungary in the middle of the century.
		The eclectic architecture and urban design of Historicism, which took from the styles of different ages, together with secession influences were crucial in determining the style that united Pest and Buda in 1873.
		Perhaps 19th century Hungarian urban architecture's boldest undertaking was the 2320-meter-long Route of Honour with its Neo-Renaissance palaces, located between the city centre and City Park.
	www.hungary.com /servlet/page?_pageid=7034,6177&_dad=portal30&_schema=PORTAL30 (2835 words)

	Team - PAN Parks
		He graduated with an MSc in landscape architecture in Hungary at University of Horticulture and Food Industry in 1996.
		Since childhood Zoltan's dream has been to work with WWF and in 1996 this became a reality when he began working with WWF Hungary as coordinator of the Gemenc Foodplain restoration project.
		Attained a forestry technician diploma at the Secondary school in Sopron, Hungary in 1990.
	www.panparks.org /Introduction/Team (2835 words)

	Hungary airport, railroad, airline & transportation information
		Divided by the old and the new, with Buda’s cobbled streets and medieval architecture contrasting with commercial modern Pest, the dazzling capital city of Budapest has met the challenge of Hungary’s fast developing tourist trade.
		Wide flat plains, rolling hills, and low maintain ranges make up the landscape of Hungary to the north and the west, with the Danube as its border, fertile farmlands to the east, and the great Lake Balaton to the west.
	www.grijns.net /hungary.html (75 words)

	Wesleyan University Travel Programs
		Enjoy in-depth learning and discovery as you explore the historic capitals of Hungary and the Czech Republic — two jewels at Europe’s core that gracefully reflect the Continent’s rich cultural heritage of art, architecture, music, literature, and fine food.
		THE CAPITALS OF HUNGARY AND THE CZECH REPUBLIC
		Experience all facets of these wonderful cities — Budapest and Prague — each thrust to the forefront of Western civilization early on in its history due to impressive intellectual and artistic progress.
	www.wesleyan.edu /alumni/travel/european_jewels.html (75 words)

	BLAGUSS Hungary
		It presents the folk architecture of the most characteristic regions of Hungary as well as the lifestyle of the different groups of society in the villages and market towns ranging from the end of the 18th century till the first third of the 20th century.
		The image of Hungary cannot miss that of the Puszta, with its endless praires, its herds of horses and cattle, and its pleasant carriage rides among the scattered farms and grassland.
		In Hungary where even the funeral horses and the carriage carrying the coffin are splendidly decorated, it is inevitable that parade coaches are simply gorgeous.
	hungary.blaguss.at /countryside.php (3928 words)

	C&T Hungary - Incoming
		The museums with internationally-renowned collections include: The Museum of Applied Arts, The Museum of Fine Arts, The National Museum, the “Mu Csarnok” Art-Gallery, The National Gallery, the Ludwig Museum in Budapest and Kovács Margit Museum and Skanzen (outdoor village museum) in Szentendre.
		There are over 90 major museums in the region; local history collections, regional architecture, and small village museums provide additional perspectives on civilisation in the area.
		Its most important attraction is the world-famous Buda Castle on the north side of the Danube (granted UNESCO World Heritage status in 1987).
	www.congresstravel.hu /travel/incoming/bp.html (314 words)

	H-Net Review: Samuel D. Albert on Competing Visions: Aesthetic Invention and Social Imagination in Central European Architecture, 1867-1918
		This book builds on his two previous works on the region, one devoted to architecture in Austria-Hungary [7] and the second devoted to the emergence of modern architecture in the Central European lands.
		In the preface, Moravanszky states that it is not his intention to examine the mundane architecture of the Austro-Hungarian Empire: the railroad stations, post offices, and banks which existed in every town and which made western Ukraine familiar to the visitor from Lower Austria, as he put it (p.
		These regional visions, though somewhat nationally-based, were not formulated as nationalist visions; it was the failure of historicist architecture to fully and adequately express modernity which furnished the intellectual impetus for these alternative visions.
	www.h-net.msu.edu /reviews/showrev.cgi?path=24727898181281 (1468 words)

	Hungary - magicofeurope
		Actually, Hungary is pretty strange architecturally...for instance, Europe's largest mall, a very modern building, "WESTend City Center" is built next to (and actually ends in) "Nyugati pályaudvar"=Western Railway Station, a building designed by Gustave Eiffel, designer of the Eiffel tower.
		After the end of the Soviet rule, Hungary began to develop at an amazing speed.
		This mixture of Reneissance and modern architecture is getting to be Budapest's speciality, although big, rusty buildings in Soviet '60s style can still be found almost everywhere.
	www.geocities.com /magicofeurope/hunplace.html (465 words)

	Amazon.com: Culture Shock! Hungary: A Guide to Customs & Etiquette: Books: Zsuzsanna Ardo
		This book sounded like a fun and interesting introduction into the social aspect of Hungary (as opposed to architecture and history).
		HUNGARY" above the level of a Traveller's Guide Series is both the quality of the writing and the intimate knowledge of what overdrives this nation of 10 million restless souls.
		While these books describe the where, Culture Shock-Hungary supplies the who, what, why and how of the magnificent Magyars.
	www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/1558687661?v=glance (2387 words)

	KulturAXE - Art & Culture 2005, Hungary
		The remarkable rural architecture of the villages surrounding the lake and several 18th- and 19th-century palaces adds to the area's considerable cultural interest.
		This is graphically demonstrated by its varied landscape, the result of an evolutionary symbiosis between human activity and the physical environment.
		Saturday, 14.05., 17 - 19 hrs, ship travel at the Lake Neusiedl (Hungary and Austria) with following menu in the romantic house on the water (Menu: goose liver in Tokaj wine, asparagus soup, Deer with wild fruits and rice, crepe Gundel).
	www.kulturaxe.com /pfin05-e.html (616 words)

	1993 no 3
		Contact: Institute of History and Theory of Architecture, Technical University of Budapest, 3 Muegyetem rpk, Budapest 1521, Hungary, tel.
		The Polish National Committee of ICOMOS will hold a post-General Assembly Workshop on Military Architecture in Galle, located just inside the ramparts of the Galle Fort, a World Heritage Site in Sri Lanka.
		The data, including decades of handwritten logbooks with drawings of architectural details, have been put on microfiche.
	www.icomos.org /usicomos/Publications/Newsletters/1993_Issues/1993_no_3.htm (2108 words)

	Budapest - folk
		"Travel and tourist information on Hungary and Budapest with free brochures, hotel or other accommodation tips from the Hungarian National Tourist Office, New York -- Hungarian folk art, Budapest Architecture, Art in Hungary...
		The folk art of Hungary springs from a lively tradition of creativity found in...
		"Zoltán Zsuráfszki's Budapest Dance Ensemble, one of Hungary's leading professional folk-ballets.
	www.logoi.com /links/budapest/budapest_folk.html (1202 words)

	Hungary for Visitors 2005
		The Reformed Church was built to be a Catholic church around 1490; it is one of the best preserved examples of late Gothic religious architecture in Hungary.
		It was the property of the Báthory family from 1279 for almost 400 years, and all of its significant monuments are somehow related to the Báthory family.
		Its sanctuary preserves the stone sarcophagus and burial monument of the Báthory family.
	www.visitors.hu /08_04_en.html (181 words)

	Europe travel - In Your Pocket City Guides - online travel guides to Central and Eastern Europe
		As more and more international visitors are making their way to the Baltics, they're discovering all the charm Estonia's second largest city has to offer and becoming instant fans.
		After many years of covering the Latvian capital, we present a new online guide to the coastal city of Liepaja.
		The world's largest public art event is currently brightening up one of the greyest cities in the world: Romania's capital Bucharest.
	www.inyourpocket.com (181 words)

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