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Károlyi Castle (Beregsurány)
Károlyi Castle (also called Uray Castle) is a 19th-century castle located in Beregsurány, Vásárosnamény District, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, Hungary. The castle was built in classicist style by Baron Gyula Uray before being acquired by the Károlyi family and updated by architect Miklós Ybl. History It was built by Baron Gyula Uray at the beginning of the 19th century, in the classicist style. On the street and courtyard façades of the ground-floor building, the four-columned colonnade is closed by a triangular pediment. It is simple in design, with romantic details, both on the outside and inside. It is owned by the local government, and currently houses the mayor's office. The castle park In the castle park, called the Baron's Garden, there is a World War II memorial, a millennium memorial column, and rare species of trees ( holm oak, noble linden, plane tree). References External links {{Authority control Castles in Hungary Museums in Hungary Beregsurán ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Beregsurány
Beregsurány is a village in Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County, Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg county, in the Northern Great Plain region of eastern Hungary. Geography It covers an area of and has a population of 636 people (2001). Position Beregsurany can be reached through the road 4127, lying on the northern side of the international Hungarian–Ukrainian border crossing point, about 70 km from Nyíregyháza, the center of the county. Origin of the name The prefix Bereg means 'belonging to the long-ago Bereg shire', the origin of the Surany forename is maybe the Slavish 'Su ran' family name, or the ancient Turkish magistracy 'cur'. History Until 1911, the village was called simple Surany. The current settlement is melted from the smaller villages Nagysurany and Kissurany. The settlement was the residency of the family Suranyi originated from the genum of Gutkeled or family Vardai. From 1280, there was a tough hostility between Aladar (son of Mihaly) and Tamas (son of Gabo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vásárosnamény District
Vásárosnamény () is a district in north-eastern part of Szabolcs-Szatmár-Bereg County. '' Vásárosnamény'' is also the name of the town where the district seat is found. The district is located in the Northern Great Plain Statistical Region. This district is a part of Nyírség and Bereg geographical and historical region. Geography Vásárosnamény District borders with the Ukrainian oblast of Zakarpattia to the northeast, Fehérgyarmat District and Mátészalka District to the south, Baktalórántháza District, Kisvárda District and Záhony District to the west. The number of the inhabited places in Vásárosnamény District is 28. Municipalities The district has 2 towns, 1 large village and 25 villages. (ordered by population, as of 1 January 2013) The bolded municipalities are cities, ''italics'' municipality is large village. Demographics In 2011, it had a population of 35,323 and the population density was 57/km2. Ethnicity Besides the Hungaria ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Miklós Ybl
Miklós Ybl (6 April 1814 in Székesfehérvár – 22 January 1891 in Budapest) was one of Europe's leading architects in the mid to late nineteenth century as well as Hungary's most influential architect during his career. His most well-known work is the Hungarian State Opera House in Budapest (1875–84). Background After graduating from the TU Wien, Institute of Technology in Vienna, Ybl became Mihály Pollack's assistant in 1832 and worked in Henrik Koch's office between 1836 and 1840. Following this, he moved to Munich and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Academy of Fine Arts and then to Italy to study. After his return, he entered into partnership with the son of Mihály Pollack, Ágoston; together they refurbished the Ikervár Castle of Count Lajos Batthyány. His first main work was the church in Fót, built between 1845 and 1855. His early, large projects were built in Romantic style, influenced by eastern motifs. Although Romanesque architecture, Romanesque ... [...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 Ancient Rome, Rome, with the emphasis on form, simplicity, proportion, clarity of structure, perfection and 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. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Károlyi Family
The House of Károlyi is the name of an old and prominent Hungarian noble family, whose members held the title of Count in Hungary, awarded to them on 5 April 1712 by Charles VI, Holy Roman Emperor. They claim descent from the late 9th century Magyar chieftain Kond. Notable members * Károlyi family ** László Károlyi (1622–1689), Hungarian politician ** Sándor Károlyi (1668–1743), first count ** Ferenc Károlyi (1705–1758) Hungarian count and soldier ** Antal Károlyi (1732–1791), Hungarian politician ** József Károlyi (1768–1802), Hungarian politician ** István Károlyi (1797–1881), Hungarian politician ** Lajos Károlyi (1799–1863), Hungarian politician ** György Károlyi (1802–1877), Hungarian politician ** László Károlyi (1824–1852), Hungarian naval officer ** Alajos Károlyi (1825–1899), Austro-Hungarian diplomat ** Gyula Károlyi (1871–1947), former Prime Minister of Hungary (1931–1932) ** Mihály Károlyi (1875–1955), former Pri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war. Tanks in World War II, Tanks and Air warfare of World War II, aircraft played major roles, enabling the strategic bombing of cities and delivery of the Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, first and only nuclear weapons ever used in war. World War II is the List of wars by death toll, deadliest conflict in history, causing World War II casualties, the death of 70 to 85 million people, more than half of whom were civilians. Millions died in genocides, including the Holocaust, and by massacres, starvation, and disease. After the Allied victory, Allied-occupied Germany, Germany, Allied-occupied Austria, Austria, Occupation of Japan, Japan, a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Quercus Ilex
''Quercus ilex'', the holly oak, also (ambiguously, as many oaks are evergreen) evergreen oak, is a large evergreen oak native to the Mediterranean region. It is a member of the section (botany), section ''List of Quercus species#Section Ilex, Ilex'' of the genus, with acorns that mature in a single summer. Description It is a large evergreen tree, attaining in favourable places a height of , and developing in open situations a huge head of densely leafy branches as much across, the terminal portions of the branches often pendulous in old trees. The tallest recorded, a tree planted at Windsor Great Park, is 30.4 m tall. The trunk is sometimes over in girth. The young shoots are clothed with a close grey felt. The leaves are very variable in shape, most frequently leaf shape, narrowly oval or ovate-lanceolate, long (rarely to 10 cm long), 2–5 cm wide (rarely to 8 cm wide), rounded or broadly tapered at the base, pointed, the margins usually Glossary of botanical ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tilia
''Tilia'' is a genus of about 30 species of trees or bushes, native throughout most of the temperateness, temperate Northern Hemisphere. The tree is known as linden for the European species, and basswood for North American species. In Great Britain and Ireland they are commonly called lime trees, although they are not related to the citrus Lime (fruit), lime. The genus occurs in Europe and eastern North America, but the greatest species diversity is found in Asia. Under the Cronquist system, Cronquist classification system, this genus was placed in the family Tiliaceae, but genetic research summarised by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group has resulted in the incorporation of this genus, and of most of the previous family, into the Malvaceae. ''Tilia'' is the only known ectomycorrhizal genus in the family Malvaceae. Studies of ectomycorrhizal relations of ''Tilia'' species indicate a wide range of fungal symbionts and a preference toward Ascomycota fungal partners. Description ''T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Platanus
''Platanus'' ( ) is a genus consisting of a small number of tree species native to the Northern Hemisphere. They are the sole living members of the family Platanaceae. All mature members of ''Platanus'' are tall, reaching in height. The type species of the genus is the Oriental plane ''Platanus orientalis''. All except for ''Platanus kerrii, P. kerrii'' are deciduous, and most are found in riparian or other wetland habitat (ecology), habitats in the wild, though proving drought-tolerant in cultivation. The hybrid London plane (''Platanus × hispanica'') has proved particularly tolerant of urban conditions, and has been widely planted in London and elsewhere across the temperate world. They are often known in English as planes or plane trees. A formerly used name that is now rare is plantain tree (not to be confused with Plantain (other), other, unrelated, species with the name). Some North American species are called sycamores (especially ''Platanus occidentalis''), ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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 *List of castles in Europe External linksHomepage of castles in Hungary and in the ancient Hungarian Kingdom {{Castles in Hungary Castles in Hungary, Lists of buildings and structures in Hungary, Castles Lists of castles in Europe, Hungary Lists of castles by country, Hungary Lists of tourist attractions in Hungary, Casltes ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Museums In Hungary
This is a list of museums in Hungary. * Aquincum Museum * Budapest Museum Quarter * Christian Museum (Hungary) * Egri Road Beatles Múzeum * Ethnographic Museum (Budapest) * Ferenc Hopp Museum Of Asiatic Arts (Budapest) * Gasmuseum (Budapest) * Geological Museum (Budapest) * Greek Orthodox Church and Museum, Miskolc * House of Terror * Hungarian Geographical Museum (Érd) * Hungarian National Gallery * Hungarian National Museum * Hungarian Natural History Museum * Hungarian Railway Museum * Koller Gallery * Kunsthalle Budapest * Memento Park * Museum of Applied Arts (Budapest) * Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest) * Museum of Hungarian Aviation Museum of Hungarian Military History* Museum of Minerals in Siófok * Ópusztaszer National Heritage Park * Ottó Herman Museum * Palace of Arts (Budapest) * Széchenyi Mansion * Transport Museum of Budapest * Vajdahunyad Castle * Waxworks museum of the Castle of Diósgyőr * Zelnik István Southeast Asian Gold Museum See also * L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
