The Buda Palace District is reborn from its ruins

The closer we get to the end, the more optimistic I am about the possibility of authentic reconstructions, said Government Commissioner Gergely Fodor in an interview with Magyar Nemzet on Saturday in connection with the reconstruction work in the Budavár Palace District.

Gergely Fodor recalled that the restoration of the palace district dates back to the Hauszmannian period because the decades after the Compromise were one of the most prosperous periods in Hungary’s history, in every sense, writes Origo.

The palace district plan of Alajos Hauszmann created a coherent architectural system, not to mention that it was the last still-intact state before 1944, explained the government commissioner. Regarding the schedule and deadline of the reconstruction, Gergely Fodor said that

before his appointment as government commissioner, he presented a schedule from 2018 to 2030 to the government.

After creating a clean legal environment, the Castle Headquarters was established, and more than thirty investments were organised into three groups. The first step was to tidy up the green areas. The second group of tasks is the reconstruction of buildings demolished for ideological reasons. During the first phase, the buildings of the former Riding School, the Stöckl Staircase, and the Main Guard were renovated. The former bodyguard barracks house an elegant restaurant-café. In 2021, with the handover of the Csikós courtyard in the foyer of the Lovarda and with the completion of the Hauszmann ramp, this mini city centre can be considered complete, one of the deservedly popular attractions of which is the already renovated Matthias Fountain. The next big step will be the reconstruction of the Archduke’s Palace, the Honvéd High Command, and the Red Cross Headquarters, which will start in a few months.