Szilasi Ágota, H.: Örökségünk védelme és jövője 1. A Dobó István Vármúzeumban 2014. február 7-8-án megrendezett Tudományos Konferencia tanulmánykötete - Studia Agriensia 32. (Eger, 2016)
Ludányi Gabriella: Az Egri Líceum építészei. A Gerl-Fellner probléma
LUDÁNYI GABRIELLA EFL Érs.GazdL - Érseki Gazdasági Levéltár KÖH - Kulturális Örökségvédelmi Hivatal KÖSZ - Kulturális Örökségvédelmi Szakszolgálat MNL - Magyar Nemzeti Levéltár Udvari Kancellária Levéltára MNL EPL - Magyar Országos Levéltár Az Esterházy család pápai levéltára MNL Kam.L. - MNL Kamarai Levéltár MNL Mise. - MNL Miscellanea OMVH - Országos Műemlékvédelmi Hivatal GABRIELLA LUDÁNYI THE ARCHITECTS OF THE LYCEUM BUILDING. THE GERL- FELLNER PROBLEM When examining the architectural history of the Lyceum, a structure originally destined to be university, and one ofEger's most significant Baroque buildings and a building also considered exceptional in Europe as a whole, one has to confront the issue of who actually planned it. According to earlier architectural literature it was Jakob Fellner (Nikolsburg 1722 - Tata 1780), the Eszterházy family architect, who was considered tobe the planner, with the Lyceum placed high in his architectural canon. During the 1960s, however, archive research shed light on the first planner, the Viennese Josef Ignaz Gerl (Klosterneuburg 1734 - Vienna 1798). This discovery, however, only succeeded in leading researchers into making the extreme assertion that Fellners activities in Eger amounted to little more than the execution of Gerl’s plans with a few moderations here and there, and that the change in architect was due to a decision voluntarily made by Eszterházy in response to some external intrigues. In our researches over the last few years we have attempted to clarify, and indeed differentiate the activities of the two architects, partly through a re-examination of the data we already have, and partly by comparing the other designs the two architects made, in lieu of the fact that a plan of the Lyceum that can be considered authentic from the pen of either architect has not survived. Although there can be no doubt that the entire ground plan of the building was based on a plan by Gerl, as has been so succinctly proved by Pál Voit, with the hurt he had endured following the rejection of the rank of university it was to the architect who more closely reflected the grandiose intentions, and who had already proved himself equal to the architectural demands of the family, namely Fellner, to whom Eszterházy turned in 1763, rather than the talented, yet less adventurous, Gerl. Fellner, staying with the foundations that had already been laid, then had to complete the task with specifications containing considerably higher parameters, which changed both the massing and the general effect of the building. On top of the stylistic conclusions that have already been made in relation to how the building functioned (the astronomical tower, the way the main facade is expressed), and with the help of the plans made for the palace in Tata in 1763, it has been possible to consider the heightening process, the mansard roof and the creation of the corner projections in terms of parallels and analogies in a way that has not been possible thus far. 121
