Csepely-Knorr Luca: Barren Places to Public Spaces. A History of Publick Park Design in Budapest 1867-1914 (Budapest, 2016)

Public Park design in Budapest during the second half of the 19th Century

The Gloriette in Városliget Park, photograph by György Klösz, before 1895 / HU BFL XV.19.d.l 7/133

The termination of the boulevard was originally a Gloriette, designed by Miklós Ybl266 and, from the turn of the 20th century, the Millennium Monument and the Museum buildings, which are today s Hősök tere (Heroes’ Square). The green spaces adjacent to the Gloriette, designed by the Municipal Engineering Department, was intended to create a design fit for the structure and appearance of Városliget Park; the planted areas served as interlinking elements, creating a continuous green line to the park. The structure of the square surrounding the Museum buildings can be examined through a plan and contemporary photographs. The plan, by Keresztély Ilsemann, was originally created to show the gardens around the Széchenyi Baths, but it also shows the space between the Museum buildings. Two ornamental green areas can be seen on the design, in front of the Museum Buildings, symmetrical in structure with water features. The ornamental square did not show any signs of progression, either, in its use of planting or in stylistic terms.

Miklós Ybl, Site plan of the Drinking Stand (called Gloriette) destined for what is Heroes' Square today, 1884 / Kiscell Museum Architecture Coll. 542.2

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