Zádor Anna: Neoclassical Pest - Our Budapest (Budapest, 1993)

of two sections are worthy of special attention. However, the most important part of the County Hall facing Városház utca was planned and constructed (1838— 1841) by Mátyás Zitterbarth, Jr. (1803-1867), and not by Hofrichter.

The greatest difficulty in planning was caused by the narrowness of the street. As regulations required an even row of houses, the architect could not create a projecting central part as Mihály Pollack had done for the detached building of the National Museum. Nevertheless, due to its function, the building needed an eye-catching, striking, and decorative facade. Zitterbarth hit upon an ingenious solution. His seven-axled central batter of the facade is articulated by remarkably slim, free-standing giant pillars, behind which the wall of the facade recedes and a porch is formed. Thanks to this original solution, the building of the County Hall is still

The old City Hall

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