Gerle János: Palaces of Money - Our Budapest (Budapest, 1994)

Balusters in the first floor banister of the atrium

Balusters in the second floor banister of the atrium

the values of classical architecture into the age of modernity without the mannerisms of historicism.

The cashier’s hall has, unfortunately, fallen victim to a series of reconstructions, but its restoration, in a later phase of a renovation project carried out in an exemplary manner so far, is now the order of the day. Only the plaques dedicated to the memory of World War I and the fountain evoking the times of the Diana Bath are missing from the courtyard, and from the facade, a relief of István Tisza, set up in 1925, has disappeared. Institutions operating within the bank’s sphere of interest have gradually occupied the whole block of

Staircase with marble covering of various shades

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