F. Mentényi Klára szerk.: Műemlékvédelmi Szemle 1997/1-2. szám Az Országos Műemléki Felügyelőség tájékoztatója (Budapest, 1997)

MŰHELY - Petravich András: Város- és megyeházák a dualizmus korában

at that time represented a settled style, characterized by modern furnishing, rich interiour and exteriour decoration and the use of a tower. Shops in the ground-floor make an effect of openness.Part of the town halls of the period were built in the style of Historicism, using Renaissance and Baroque stylistic elements. Neogothic style favoured in other countries is characteristically missing. Another group of town halls is built in the style of Hungarian art nouveau and are its best works. Counties always had a significant role in the Hungarian state. At the beginning they were organizations of royal power, from the 13th century of the autonomy of the nobility and following the Compromise of municipal authority. For a long time counties did not have a permanent seat, and the building of county halls was compulsory only from 1723 on. So the majority of our county halls were built in the 18th century and in the begining of the 19th century in Baroque and Classicist style. At that time was formed that characteristically Hungarian building type also influenced by Hungarian countrys house architecture. Following the Compromise several county halls were built, almost exclusively in the style of Historicism, with Baroque and Renaissance formal elements. Contrary to the town halls, county halls were always closed in the exteriour.