The downtown's ornaments Photo

Photographer’s Note

The downtown's ornaments

Inner-city-Lipót town is the fifth district of Budapest. The Inner-city is the ancient centre of Pest, on its place there was a settlement even in the prehistoric age, one of the most significant crossing-places of the Danube was formed here. During centuries the progressively developing city had been destroyed several times, but rebuilds made it nicer and nicer. After the 1838 flood the "Embellishing Committee" did a great deal to the modern look of the city. At that time the city had a classicist aspect: Deák-square Lutheran church, County Hall, Chain-Bridge. Political, literary and scientific people met at the cafés and restaurants of the reform era (Kremnitzer Coffee House on the bank of the Danube, Pilvax). In the second half of the 19th century the two new bridges, Ferenc József (today Freedom Bridge), Erzsébet bridge, the building of the Hungarian Academy, the Parliament, the Gresham palace indicated the speedy development of the centenary. On 1st January 1950 the area of Lipót town reaching to St. István boulevard was attached to the Inner-city. Today, the Inner-city is the centre of intellectual, political, cultural life and tourism. The municipality of the fifth district works hard on helping both the people living in this area and visitors to feel well.

University Library (on the left side)

Study and research are supported by the university library network, the operation of which is coordinated by the renowned University Library. Founded in 1561 by the Jesuit order, it is the oldest library in the country, which was opened to the public in 1876.

Until 1949 the Library specialized in the history of religion, theology, philosophy and the universal history of the Middle Ages and the Modern Age. The historical collection - including 185 codices, 1150 incunabula and 2600 old Hungarian printed books published before 1711, 7000 volumes from the 16th century, and the oldest manuscript, an 8th century Beda fragment - is part of the Hungarian cultural heritage.

On the right side of the photo an old nobiliary family's palace detail visible.
(Source: Vendégváró)

besnard, snunney, vasilpro, ChrisJ, jlbrthnn, pauloog, bona, Cretense, dareco, jjcordier, JCG, akm, AiresSantos, KLB, TheMystic has marked this note useful

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besnard (30084) 2009-06-20 1:34

Bonjour Georg
Une très belle composition avec ces bâtiments à l'architecture remarquable et aux superbes couleurs.
Merci pour le partage et bon week-end.
Nicole

mauro61 (14564) 2009-06-20 1:40

ciao Georg,
una splendida immagine esaltata dal taglio verticale.
Architetture preziose che hai saputo rendere al meglio con bellissimi colori e un'ottima luce.
un caro saluto
maurizio

islendingur (48) 2009-06-20 1:41

Great quality photo. Everything is perfect in it! The roofs have so peculiar ornaments - I like that.

Greetings from Iceland,
Roman

rikko77 (5484) 2009-06-20 1:49

Hello George
beautiful postcard from Budapest. I like the colors and sharpness and the POV you chose. Well done!
Have a nice WE
Rikk

amaryllis (17039) 2009-06-20 2:02

Bonjour Georg
plus je vois tes photos et plus je me dis que je devrai aller faire un tour en Hongrie car l'architecture de ces monuments ou églises est superbe, typique avec des couleurs attrayantes, de beaux détails que tu nous montres ici avec une excellente netteté
bon week end
juliette

jurek1951 (25724) 2009-06-20 2:08

Hi George,
Perfect lighting for beautiful colours.The composition lookes also well done. Well seen and good photographed.
Georg

snunney (34026) 2009-06-20 2:11

Hello George,
A fine composition to encompass these two contrasting styles of architecture. The light is very good and brings out the detail and tones to great effect. Perfect use of the vertical frame.

rigoletto (25934) 2009-06-20 2:28

Hello George,
Fascinating buildings with lots of beautiful details. I like your comprehensive POV and the elegant crop.
TFS,
Deniz

vasilpro (7959) 2009-06-20 2:57

Hello George,
Beautiful photo with interesting architecture buildings of university's library, the light management and the colors are excellent.
Greetings, Vasilis.

ChrisJ (69464) 2009-06-20 3:27

Hello George

Good symmetry between the 2 domed structures, with excellent colour, sharpness, & framing. Tfs!

jlbrthnn (36842) 2009-06-20 4:05

Hello George,
Always a so astonishing quality. Framing is interesting. The natural light and colors are superb. Congratulations.
Have a nice day
Cordially
Joël

pauloog (6278) 2009-06-20 4:56

Hello George,
A well composed double portrait of the renaaissance and the neo-classical buildings. Brought with great clarity and colours and a good diagonal crossing the blue sky. A pleasure to look at.
Regards,
Paul

npecanhuk (12987) 2009-06-20 5:03

Hello George!
Quite attractive picture with excellent photo qualities, where the architectural details were so beautifully captured! I specially enjoyed those domes!
TFS - congratulations!
Best regards,
Neyvan

paololg (13144) 2009-06-20 5:14

Ciao dear George,
excellent sharpness that allows us to appreciate the beautiful details of these two domes. The composition is pleasant and the buildings oppose well with the beautiful blue sky. Good work, compliments!
Ciao, have a nice week end!
Paolo

bona (2069) 2009-06-20 6:45

Beutiful architecture George.
The colors are great too. It looks a nice place to visit and study.

Hugs
Andre

Cretense (54720) 2009-06-20 7:19

Hi George!

Excellent vertical framing and perfect composition for this great architecture photo! Amazing details, amazing sharpness, perfect light managment and very vivid colours! Congratulations!

Hercules

hay_kes (28554) 2009-06-20 11:22

Hi George,
What an amazing architectural view vith excellent POV, colours and perspective.TFS.
Cheers,
Have a nice WE.

hAyAti

dareco (17024) 2009-06-20 17:55

WOW!! Fabulous detail!!! This is another real beauty. I like the crop and the colors. TFS

jjcordier (24068) 2009-06-20 23:03

George
Superbe photo de ces deux magnifiques bâtiments à l'architecture très différente mais de toute beauté. Une composition parfaite sous une lumière magnifique.
Amicalement
JJ

Graal (57220) 2009-06-20 23:45

Jó napot George,
an interesting details of beautiful architecture. Good vertical composition and informations about Library. Well photojob. I like it.
Have a nice sunday.
Gr., Aleksander

aadilj (17950) 2009-06-21 22:29

Hi george, you've got a nice angle and view of this superb architecture. the sharpness and the clarity are remarkable

JCG (24791) 2009-06-22 11:14

Hi George,

Very beautiful esthetism of these coloured architectures and you knew, about this photograph, to give a beautiful harmony. The quality of the image is superb, I like much the clearness which enables us to appreciate many interesting details. Well done George and thank you for the instructive note.

With all my friendships and a very good evening,

Jean-Charles

akm (640) 2009-06-22 18:59

Hello George,
An interesting and finely detailed presentation of very impressive architecture. The light and colors are spectacular but I wish we could see the fu height of the buildings. Thank you.
Mary

AiresSantos (41272) 2009-06-22 23:18

Hi Georg
Wonderful arquitecture in this also wonderful pucture. I like how you framed it.
Fine colours and light contrast.
Good informative note as ususal
Have a nice day
Aires

KLB (17798) 2009-06-23 4:55

Hello George

I really like your framing and how you bring perfectly these marvelous domes out.
A splendid architecture, sublimated by the great light you've caught and this nice blue sky.
The quality is as usual striking, revealing many details.
No distorsion, excellent sharpness, bright colours... Excellent work once again ;o)

Regards
Karine

ahmetgedikli (21543) 2009-06-23 5:32

Very agritecture shot!! I like the colos, POV and details. Great work!
Best regards.
Ahmet

sacavem (8034) 2009-06-23 14:34

Olá George,

Great perspective shot here, good details and a super quality job, yes I like the good job here, well done.
Well done.
Best wishes,
Filipe

jemaflor (38801) 2009-06-26 3:07

Hi Georges,
Good choice for the composition well balanced, nice sharpness for the beautiful details of this architecture, good light too, well done.

TheMystic (896) 2009-07-14 14:13

Well presented with a great sightline, super clarity and colors!
Cheers
Otto