Estók János szerk.: A Magyar Mezőgazdasági Múzeum Közleményei 2005-2007 (Budapest, 2007)

MÚZEUMTÖRTÉNETI TANULMÁNYOK - Rosch Gábor: A városligeti Vajdahunyadvár és tervezője, Alpár Ignác

The palace of the Hungarian General Credit Bank (now Ministry of Finance) in József nádor Square fills a large block, but compared to his other banks it has a friendlier, more playful French neo-Renaissance character. Its interiors are highly atmospheric, with magnificent wood panelling, friezes and lead glass windows. The construction of the Cashiers' Hall is especially beautiful and novel, where a glass roof made of sculpturesque, cast elements, covers both the client area and the tellers' rooms. Apart from the above, some of his designs with other functions can be mentioned, such as the Postal Palace in Temesvár and the Corona Hotel in Nyíregyháza. Following World War I and as a result of the Treaty of Trianon, Hungary lost two-thirds of its area. Several of Alpár's buildings were now outside the new national borders which filled him with great bitterness. He barely designed any new buildings. Ignác Alpár died in 1928. His tomb is in Kerepesi Cemetery in Budapest. His full-sized standing statue in front of Vajdahunyad Castle as well as his tomb were designed by Ede Teles.