Kiss Katalin: Industrial Monuments - Our Budapest (Budapest, 1993)

stone-framed door opens into the ground-floor of the building. The simple gatehouse with its three-pointed arch was built at the same time as the plant. According to a distinguished German scholar of industrial history, the silk plant is probably the only architectural monument in Central Europe built in the so-called “French Revolution Style”.

The last restoration of the building complex was completed in 1987. The open courtyard was covered, and the characteristic chimneys demolished. The building today houses a cultural and educational institute.

The Óbüda Shipyard

III, Hajógyári-sziget (Shipyard Island) or Óbudai-sziget

The idea of establishing a shipyard in Óbuda was suggested by Count István Széchenyi in 1833, at general meeting of the First Danubian Steamship Company. The first buildings were ready three years later. The two picturesque assembly halls were constructed in 1840 modelled on the Venetian Arsenale, on the basis of the experiences and under the leadership of its director Pietro Pallocapa. The idyllic appearance of the island was considerably changed by the construction of Árpád

The Óbüda Shipyard Facade of the western boiler house, 1912

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