Gábor Eszter: Andrássy Avenue – Our Budapest (Budapest, 2002)
word. The mansion expresses, aó it 8 supposed to do. the aristocratic standing oh the Pallavicini hamily. [...] The palace-tike character oh the mansion is clearly indicated. It heatures the motih oh the 'cour d’honneur', outside it are the beautihul arcades composed in the manner oh the old Palazzo Marini in Milan. hrom beneath which one can sense the aristocratic character oh the halls; in the wings on the left and right must be, as one suspects, the private suites oh the hamily; hurther on the whole aristocratic courtyard with the servants' quarters are expressed in the language oh architecture. And how beautihully expressed, with every harm and detail carehully weighed down to the shade oh green used on the window hrames." Thus enthused a journalist (signing his or her name H-th) in "Feuilleton on New Houses", which appeared in an 1882 issue of Fővárosi Lapok (Municipal News). The Pallavicini Mansion was thought to be an aristocratic residence for decades, but according to the contemporary permit of occupancy it was a large, luxury block of rented flats with one fourteen-room apartment on each floor. There was a staircase built in each wing, and thus only one apartment opened from the staircase on each floor. The sizes of the apartments differed somewhat, due to the shape of the plot. Four of the rooms, or five as was the case with the flat on the left, gave on Sugárút, while the others — those used by the servants and the bedrooms — overlooked the arcaded courtyard. The owner, Marquis Sándor Pallavicini (1853—1933) served as a diplomat, which is why he ■ The Pallavicini Mansion (No. 98 Andrássy út) 43
