Budapest Street Directory #8: János Hunyadi/Hunyadi János út
The third piece of a 14-part series, utilizing the 14 statues featured on the two quarter-round colonnades of Millenium Monument at Hősök tere/Heroes' Square. Since all of them are major and significant figures in the history of Hungary, some Budapest streets are named after them here or there. The primary aim of this series is not to introduce the statues or characters (all are commonplaces frequently featured in touristic photoguides), but roads, squares and public spaces bearing their names.
Hunyadi János út is a smaller street in Víziváros, Buda, on the eastern side of Castle Hill, leading from the Buda end of Chain Bridge to the entrance of the central area of the upper Castle. In the beginning, facing the north it is sided by dwelling houses, but after its large U-turn (an unparalelled amusement for children in a time, when driving through was allowed for their fathers), when it turns towards the south under Fisherman's Bastion, it changes into a kind of a popular panoramic spot. It is inevitable for Buda Castle visitors to meet this amazing place. - My second choice is Hunyadi tér, close to Andrássy út, a square densely packed with dwelling houses and accomodating an open-air market in the 6th district of Budapest. - However, there is a large range of public names: Hunyadi (and the Hunyadis) are popular personalities in the memory of the posterity: there are 8 Hunyadi János streets/squares over Budapest, 9 further places are named after the plain family name, and both of his sons got their streets of their own during the subsequent ages. (The number of streets, squares, institutions, even football clubs named after them, the monuments dedicated to them throughout Hungary are countless. One of the statues, a masterpiece of public art positioning according to experts of this discipline can be seen in my photostream.). Hunyadi's wife, mother of his two children, Erzsébet Szilágyi even multiplies the assortment.
János Hunyadi, unlike the previous historical figures on the timeline of the Heroes' Square statues, was not a crowned king or a monarch of Hungary. He was a nobleman (most South-East European countries consider him as their compatriot, since he took his part in ruling in this or that way in a lot of parts of the area), who has been elected to governor/regent of Hungary in 1446 under the reign of Ladislaus V, and held his position until 1453, when he was appointed Captain General of Hungary. In 1456 he defeated the Ottoman Turks at Nándorfehérvár (now it is Belgrade, Serbia); his fame on the first place is attributed to this victory which stopped Turks occupying Central Europe for a few decades; to his wife and sons on the second place, László (direct heir to him, a victim of a royal plot in 1457) and Mátyás, who eventually got the crown of Hungary in 1458, but his story is to come under #9.
The statue is the work of Ede Margó, and was erected at the same place in 1906.
These parts of this series are available now.
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HorányiMari /away for awhile/ added this photo to her favorites. (45 months ago)
Read2me (37 months ago | reply)
A very interesting set! I like this shot a lot -- the colors are so vivid and the blue of the sky really pops against the more neutral colors of the stone. The angle adds a lot of interest, as well.
miuenski added this photo to his favorites. (37 months ago)
miuenski (37 months ago | reply)
Faved Again: The Lucky Survivors : )))
interesting collection!
biancapreusker (37 months ago | reply)
A nice collection, and interesting information :-)
Austrian Alex (37 months ago | reply)
I love how much thought and research you put into your architectural shots. It must take ages gathering all the information. Thanks for bringing some of Hungary's history to the flickr community!
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Tony Cyphert (37 months ago | reply)
Who knew there was this much information to be found on flickr? I'm fascinated with all the history you provide on your shots. Makes me think I should start telling stories on mine as well.
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taddzilla (37 months ago | reply)
I think the image might have worked a little better with a tighter crop.
Thanks for sharing all that information. Always good to learn new things.
Donna JW (37 months ago | reply)
I rather like the angle of this shot - gives the viewer a feeling of actually being there. You've worked hard too in putting all the information which I know can be very time consuming :)
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tkksummers (37 months ago | reply)
Your picture is Amazing and Educational!!!
It would be a perfect addition to our group.
Please join ***FLICKRPEDIA*** House of Knowledge
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simon.jennifer68 (29 months ago | reply)
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