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List Of Palaces And Mansions In Békés County
This is a list of palaces and mansions in Békés County in Hungary.Zsolt Virág : Magyar Kastélylexikon - Békés megye kastélyai, 2006 List of palaces and mansions in Békés County See also * List of palaces and mansions in Hungary * List of castles in Hungary This list of castles in Hungary article consists mostly of the well-known castles on the territory of today's Hungary. List of castles See also *Palaces and mansions in Hungary External linksHomepage of castles in Hungary and in the ancient Hu ... Literature * Zsolt Virág : Magyar Kastélylexikon - Békés megye kastélyai, 2006 References {{Hungary articles Békés County Houses in Hungary ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hungary
Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia and Slovenia to the southwest, and Austria to the west. Hungary has a population of nearly 9 million, mostly ethnic Hungarians and a significant Romani minority. Hungarian, the official language, is the world's most widely spoken Uralic language and among the few non-Indo-European languages widely spoken in Europe. Budapest is the country's capital and largest city; other major urban areas include Debrecen, Szeged, Miskolc, Pécs, and Győr. The territory of present-day Hungary has for centuries been a crossroads for various peoples, including Celts, Romans, Germanic tribes, Huns, West Slavs and the Avars. The foundation of the Hungarian state was established in the late 9th century AD with the conquest of the Carpathian Basin by Hungar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Renaissance Revival Architecture
Renaissance Revival architecture (sometimes referred to as "Neo-Renaissance") is a group of 19th century architectural revival styles which were neither Greek Revival nor Gothic Revival but which instead drew inspiration from a wide range of classicizing Italian modes. Under the broad designation Renaissance architecture nineteenth-century architects and critics went beyond the architectural style which began in Florence and Central Italy in the early 15th century as an expression of Renaissance humanism; they also included styles that can be identified as Mannerist or Baroque. Self-applied style designations were rife in the mid- and later nineteenth century: "Neo-Renaissance" might be applied by contemporaries to structures that others called "Italianate", or when many French Baroque features are present (Second Empire). The divergent forms of Renaissance architecture in different parts of Europe, particularly in France and Italy, has added to the difficulty of defining an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szabadkígyós
Szabadkígyós is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary Hungary ( hu, Magyarország ) is a landlocked country in Central Europe. Spanning of the Carpathian Basin, it is bordered by Slovakia to the north, Ukraine to the northeast, Romania to the east and southeast, Serbia to the south, Croatia a .... Geography It covers an area of 45.56 km² and has a population of 2434 people (2015). Gallery File:Wenckheim-kastély (2579. számú műemlék) 6.jpg, Wenckheim-palace File:Wenckheim-kastély (2579. számú műemlék) 18.jpg File:Wenckheim-kastély (2579. számú műemlék) 19.jpg File:Wenckheim-kastély (2579. számú műemlék) 4.jpg References Populated places in Békés County Palaces in Hungary {{Bekes-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sarkad, Hungary
Sarkad is a town in Békés County, Hungary. Location * on the right bank of Fekete-Körös river * 14 km north of Gyula Twin towns – sister cities Sarkad is twinned with: * Baraolt, Romania * Niestetal, Germany * Salonta, Romania * Snagov, Romania Notable people *Sándor Képíró, gendarmerie captain *Loránd Kesztyűs, physician, immunologist, and pathophysiologist *Sándor Kónya Sándor Kónya (23 September 1923 – 20 May 2002) was a Hungarian tenor, particularly associated with German and Italian roles, especially Lohengrin and Calaf. Biography Kónya was born in Sarkad, Hungary, and began his vocal studies at the ..., opera singer References * External links * in Hungarian Populated places in Békés County {{Bekes-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Orosháza
Orosháza is a city situated in the westernmost part of Békés county, Hungary, on the Békés ridge bordered by the rivers Maros and Körös. Orosháza is an important cultural, educational and recreational centre of the region. Main sights The city's main attractions are the Orosháza-Gyopárosfürdő spa complex, the Szántó Kovács János Museum, the Darvas József Literary Memorial House, and the Town Art Gallery. The only museum in the country devoted to water wells is found in Orosháza. At the Rágyánszky Arboretum, more than 2000 plant species in 6000 varieties can be seen. The Lutheran church, was built between 1777 and 1830 in late Baroque style. It is located in the centre of the town. The bell carried by the first settlers, who migrated from Zomba, is kept in front of the altar of the church. A number of cultural and entertaining programmes are organised in the town every year. Notable residents * The cantor Marcel Lorand was born in the city in 1912. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mezőberény
Mezőberény (; german: Maisbrünn; sk, Poľný Berinčok) is a town in Békés county, Hungary. Location Mezőberény is located in the Great Hungarian Plain, 200 km southeast from Budapest. Highway 46, 47 and Budapest-Szolnok-Békéscsaba- Lökösháza high speed (120–160 km/h (75–99 mph)) railway line also cross the town. History The Medieval village of ''Berény'' was ruined due to the Ottoman wars, native Hungarian population fled from the area. It was rebuilt in the 18th century with German, Hungarian and Slovak settlers and was a multiethnic town until the late 19th century, when Germans and Slovaks adopted the Hungarian language. In 1881, the town had a population of 11,368 people, of which 4,267 were Slovaks, 3,860 Hungarians, 2,614 Germans and 627 of other ethnicites. Notable people *Soma Orlai Petrich (1822–1880), painter Twin towns – sister cities Mezőberény is twinned with: * Gronau, Germany * Kolárovo, Slovakia * Münsingen, Germ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vásárhelyi
Vásárhelyi ( = ''marketplace'' or ''fairgrounds'') is a Hungarian surname. Notable people with the surname include: * Elizabeth Chai Vasarhelyi, American documentary filmmaker * Miklós Vásárhelyi, Hungarian journalist and politician * Pál Vásárhelyi Pál Vásárhelyi (18 June 1938 – 14 September 2008) was a Hungarian competitive ice dancer. With Györgyi Korda, he was the 1964 Winter Universiade champion, the 1964 Blue Swords champion, and a seven-time Hungarian national champion. The ..., Hungarian competitive ice dancer {{surname Hungarian-language surnames ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Classicism
Classicism, in the arts, refers generally to a high regard for a classical period, classical antiquity in the Western tradition, as setting standards for taste which the classicists seek to emulate. In its purest form, classicism is an aesthetic attitude dependent on principles based in the culture, art and literature of ancient Greece and Rome, with the emphasis on form, simplicity, proportion, clarity of structure, perfection, restrained emotion, as well as explicit appeal to the intellect. The art of classicism typically seeks to be formal and restrained: of the ''Discobolus'' Sir Kenneth Clark observed, "if we object to his restraint and compression we are simply objecting to the classicism of classic art. A violent emphasis or a sudden acceleration of rhythmic movement would have destroyed those qualities of balance and completeness through which it retained until the present century its position of authority in the restricted repertoire of visual images." Classicism, as Cl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lőkösháza
Lőkösháza () is a village in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of southeast Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 1804 (2015). An important railway line crosses the Hungarian-Romanian border here (the Budapest–Szolnok–Békéscsaba–Lőkösháza– Arad–Bucharest–Sofia–Istanbul Istanbul ( , ; tr, İstanbul ), formerly known as Constantinople ( grc-gre, Κωνσταντινούπολις; la, Constantinopolis), is the List of largest cities and towns in Turkey, largest city in Turkey, serving as the country's economic, ... line). References Populated places in Békés County 1418 establishments in Europe Hungary–Romania border crossings {{Bekes-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Körösladány
Körösladány is a town in Békés County, in the Southern Great Plain region of south-east Hungary. Béla Wenckheim, a Hungarian politician, who served as the Prime Minister of Hungary in 1875, was born here. Jews lived in the city in the 19th and 20th centuries until the German Nazis destroyed the Jewish community in the Holocaust. Geography It covers an area of 123.87 km² and has a population Population typically refers to the number of people in a single area, whether it be a city or town, region, country, continent, or the world. Governments typically quantify the size of the resident population within their jurisdiction using a ... of 4557 people (2015). Politics The current mayor of Körösladány is Károly Kardos (Fidesz-KDNP). The local Municipal Assembly has 6+1 members divided into this political parties and alliances: References External links * in Hungarian Populated places in Békés County Jewish communities destroyed in the Holoc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
