XX. századi műemlékek és védelmük (A 26. Egri Nyári Egyetem előadásai 1996 Eger, 1996)

Előadások: - Sztálinváros – the Hungarian paradigm of socialist urban vision

principles of monumental propaganda, the architecture of the present should transcend previous ages in the positive representation of society". The basic design and structure of Sztálinváros bears the stamp of both ideal and authoritarian urban-planning. The city should be able to legitimise the political system that defined itself as a novelty in history through its institutions and through its architecture. Weiner expressed the basic expectations and criteria in respect of Sztálinváros as follows: ,,the socialist town, the socialist people and PEACE are being established with the wise leadership and direction of our party and of course with the help of the Great Soviet Union". From an iconological point of view the Socialist City manifested or would manifest itself through the founding of a new city which expressed the socio-ideological goal of a ,,world representative of happy, liberated, human dignity". The so-called socialist city would appear on the bank of the Danube as if it were the earthly equivalent of St. Augustine's ,,Heavenly City".

1 [Építészet és tervezés Magyarországon/Architecture and Planning in Hungary 1945—1959. Ed.: Prakfalvi Endre és Hajdú Virág. OMuH Magyar Építészeti Múzeum. Bp. 1996. pp. 12—16., 79-82.1 1 Based upon an analysis of the sources, the case of Sztálinváros could be compared to that of the reconstruction, alteration and intended urban-plan of the capital, Budapest. Its design was a means for expressing the unique importance of the town, that is, to demonstrate the centre of Bolshevik power.