Kiss Katalin: Industrial Monuments - Our Budapest (Budapest, 1993)

1848-49 Valero offered the factory for sale to the state. The contract was concluded, and the state factory was let on hire to Valero and his sons. In 1851 the contract was annulled by the Austrian government, and the factory was closed. The building served as a barracks for a long time. Today some parts can be visited.

The majestic three-storey building has three facades. Its symmetrical mass has only little decoration; its central projection with eleven windows is emphasized by a two-storey high Ionic colonnade. A first floor balcony serves as a roof above the three-arched entry. When the silk factory was built Neo-Classicism was the predominant style. This was the style of the “Lower” and “tipper Promenade” by the Danube riverside, which formed an

Main facade of the former Valero Silk Factory

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