Demeter Zsófia - Gelencsér Ferenc: Örvendezz király város! - Szent István Király Múzeum közleményei. B. sorozat 51. A Fejér Megyei Múzeumegyesült kiadványai 8. (Székesfehérvár, 2002)

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finished due to the death of the artist. Among the works of art made for the Town Hall for 1938 that are still possi­ble to see today, is the painting by Ernő Jeges St. Stephen building the Basilica. István Pakáry’s tapestiy with its four historical scenes helps to summarize the town’s historical role. István Láng, in a radio interview said: “below the town 's coat of arms, from here springs the nation's tree...the town law known as the Fehérvár law is what the coat of arms and the tree symbolize. On the left-hand side St. Stephen is building the Basilica and on the right-hand side Endre II is proclaiming the Golden Bull, to the lower left Székesfehérvár is liber­ated from the Turks and the lower right Mária Terézia is founding the Székes­­fehérvár Bishopric. " In the same radio interview he also gave account of the ro­mantic story, that the tapestry, which featured in the 1939 New York World Exhibition, was brought back during the 2nd World War on the last voyage of the Italian steam ship Vulcania, and fortu­nately it is still possible to see in the mayor’s office. The famous Árpád period re­searcher, Bálint Hóman’s influence was necesarry to get permission to start ex­cavations in the Bishopric garden. It was decided to examine relics earlier un­covered by Imre Henszlmann and to conserve and show all the uncovered wall. The scientific and developmental plans had to be linked, and the Eisenbarth House standing at the end of the excavation area was bought and de­molished. There was a ceremony to mark the commencing of the excava­tions on 16th April 1936. Tibor Gerevich and Kálmán Lux directed the excavation and reconstruction. The work continued from 29th April to 6th November, twenty-eight weeks, with the total cost of the work being 26,000 pengős. The Museum Association treated the work as its own. Arnold Marosi, a Cis­tercian order teacher and museum direc­tor undertook the organisation. After the completion of the excava­tion and the conservation, based on Géza and Kálmán Lux’s plans, the group of buildings was finished in 1938 and is still to be seen today. They were suitable for peaceful aims and showing the mem­ories, and could solve the questions re­garding the townscape. The relief work was made by Valter Madarassy and the iron lattice work was made by Géza Lux and the window which was destroyed during the war, and in the recent past re­constructed and depicting various scenes from St. Stephen’s life, was made by Lili Sztehlo Árkay. In the Mauzóleum the exhibited St. Stephen’s sarcophagus was returned from the National Mu­seum for this occasion. Vilmos Aba Novák’s wall-painting, which decorates the walls of the Mausoleum, treats the Holy Right Hand relic and the legend of the Holy Crown in detail. Since its restauration and dedication in 1996 it has again been on view to the public. On the wall-paintings the artist visualizes Károly A. Berczelli’s poem. Vilmos Aba Novák with his painting plan won, in 1938, the prize for the St. Stephen Art Competition wall-painting category. The first part was ordered by the National Monument Committee. This part was finished in summer 1938. The rest of the mural was ordered by Székes­­fehérvár in October 1938 and received on 30th August 1939, which made it a good 130 m2. 237

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