Horváth M. Ferenc (szerk.): Vác The heart of the Danube Bend. A historical guide for residents and globetrotters (Vác, 2009)

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Building materials

Most of the building materials were produced locally or at the nearby settlements. However, the development of factory industry brought a change at the end of the 19th century.

The most frequently used building materials were clay and straw mortar, brick and sandstone from Naszály Hill, which were usually built into mixed walls. The sandstone from Naszály Hill was used for building baseboards, stairs, window and gate frames and statues. Sandstone was a material of loose structure and of not very good quality - when it got wet it became crumbly.

The red marble from Süttő was considered a more expensive material of higher quality.

Since lime-and basalt-tufa were not available on the spot, they were only used for the building of the Calvary.

Bricks baked from clay were produced in the nearby brick factories. In the first third of the 20th century, the use of sand bricks became widespread in Vác and the region. They were also manufactured locally.

Yellow clinker bricks were used for covering wall surfaces as early as the second half of the 19th century.

Bauxite concrete was first used by Kálmán Váczy-Hübschl, Chief Engineer of the town, in the buildings designed by him in the first decade of the 1900s.