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P. Tóth Enikő: A tatai angolkert 18-19. századi építészeti és képzőművészeti emlékei. Újabb adatok a kert történetéhez - Architectural and artistic monuments of the english landscape garden of Tata from the 18–19th centuries. Additional data on the history of the garden
P. TÓTH ENIKŐ ve a kezdetektől az 1760-as évek közepéig. A Magyar Tudományos Akadémián 1962 szeptember 25-én tartott felolvasó ülés kéziratának részlete. TudFüz 4 (1988) 11-33. SISA 1997a Sisa J.: A csákvári Esterházy-kastély. Művészettörténeti Értesítő 1997/1-2 1-43. SISA 1997b Sisa J.: A csákvári Esterházy-kastély parkja. Művészettörténeti Értesítő 1997/3-4 147-179. STREIT 1985 Streit G.: A tatai angolpark múltja, jelene és jövője. TBKT VII (1985) 130-140. SYLVESTER 2003 Sylvester E.: A tatai angolkert. KMMK 10 (2003) 247-272. TOWNSON 1797 Townson, R.: Travels in Hungary. London 1797. VOIT 1979 Voit P.: Pilgram építőmester (1699-1761) című doktori értekezéséről. Művészettörténeti Értesítő XXVIII/3 (1979) 196-206. ZÁDOR 1974 Zádor A.: Az angolkert Magyarországon. Építés - Építészettudomány V/1-2 (1974) 3-53ARCHITECTURAL AND ARTISTIC MONUMENTS OF THE ENGLISH LANDSCAPE GARDEN OF TATA FROM THE 18™-19™ CENTURIES ADDITIONAL DATA ON THE HISTORY OF THE GARDEN ENIKŐ P. TÓTH The study, based on research carried out in 2003 and 2004, was prepared for a conference organised in the Pálma centre in the English landscape garden of Tata ("Values and functions of historic gardens") in 2007. It contains sources, data, archive photos, consequences drawn and, in certain cases, suppositions. The majority of the data come from the legacy of Elemér Révhelyi, Professor of the Technical University ; the material is housed by the Kuny Domokos County Museum in Tata. The great amount of the written material that Révhelyi produced taking notes in the Count's archives constitutes a resource of paramount importance for researchers of the town's history. The construction of the English landscape garden started in the 1780s, after the water management and landscaping works had been carried out. The garden had beenfinished by the late 18 t h century; then it was reconstructed in the 1810's and 1820's. In the town, also called "The Town of Waters", an overall garden image was made up of natural elements: the fountains, the streams, the lakes, the native and non-native plants; architectural and sculptural works formed an organic harmony. The foundation stone of the main building - that is, the garden pavilion planned by József Grossmann - was laid in 1783. The building, once decorated with statues placed in the pediment and side-pediment niches, was finished in 1786. In the same year, József Jankovszky prepared the murals of the central hall. The one-time main entrance of the garden is decorated by two carved stone gryphons, made by Antal Schwaiger in 1793 and placed on the rockshaped stone pedestals in 1801. The building of the kitchen, reminiscent of a forest lodge, is next to the bridge and the garden pavilion. The greenhouse (the predecessor of the palm house), built in 1788, was a highly characteristic element of the English landscape garden. Documents dated to 1785 mention a certain Neptune Temple - this is the single reference to the existence or construction of the buidling. In the 1780s, 1790s and 1800s, several references are made to the construction of artificial caves. Even today, there is a three-entrance grotto called "Hell" between the palm house and the garden pavilion. Near the one-time main entrance of the garden, there is an artificial cave of smaller size with an adjacent bridge. Data from 1789 mention the birdhouse; a related reference is made to a Chinese figure (produced by Antal Schwaiger in 1798). The building does not exist any more. Near the "ducks' lake", brooder houses for waterfool stood. It is unknown whether this complex of buildings is identical with the building called birdhouse. A separate building called swan house was also situated there. Data from 1801 and 1805 refer to the existence a fishermen's hut on Lake Cseke. A record from 1795 mentions the ongoing construction of Pomona's garden and temple. On the shore of Lake Cseke there is a shrine-like, arched niche, which, most probably, used to house a statue. The building, accessible from the front on a small stone bridge, is probably related to the Pomona, Neptune and Diana temples mentioned in the documents. The Gothic-style building of the "Turkish Mosque", constructed in the early 19 t h century, stands on the southern shore of Lake Cseke. Related documents also contain information on a fieldguard's hut. The complex of the artificial ruins also stands on the lake shore; it is the most significant building of the type in Hungary. The majority of the complex was constructed between 1792 and 1797. The ruins, incorporating two Roman tombstones and carved 116
