EditorialBronze relief in memory of Emperor Franz Joseph's 50-year jubilee, (1848-1898) in the anteroom of the ceremonial staircase. Girls march in a parade to present their wishes to the emperor. Reliefs by August Kirstein, 1898.
EditorialThe Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23,1956. It was crushed by Soviet troops after days of street-fighting. On October 30th, in the council room of the cityhall of Gyoer in West-Hungary,the portrait of Lenin is...
EditorialThe Hungarian Revolution began with a first mass-rally in Budapest on October 23,1956. It was crushed by Soviet troops after days of street-fighting. On October 30th, in the council room of the cityhall of Gyoer in West-Hungary,the portrait of Lenin is...
EditorialVienna City-Hall (Rathaus), 1872-1883. Buildings along the Ringstrasse-boulevard represent historism's many facets: a Greek parliament, Renaissance museums and theatres and this neo-Gothic city-hall honouring the freedom of medieval towns.