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UNGER HOUSE
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The Hunger-House is a two-story building. One of the most characteristic things of this house is that it has a passage which leads to 12 Magyar
Street, an area of the city that is more quiet compared to the bustling
Boulevard.
The most important facade of the building is the one that is facing
to Museum Boulevard. This facade is completely simetric and its the
more rich. In the ground level there are seven arches which are very
decorated and measure almost 5 meters high x 2,5 meters wide. Between them we can see narrow columns, which are connected to the
arches by carved leafy capitals. The arch in the middle belongs to the
door of the building and the others are the entrance of different locals
which are facing the street.
Image 3: Main access
The first floor is the most representative and it features Romantic, Byzantine, and Moorish elements. There are seven balconies that are special because they are holded by two griffins, which are touching their
wings. Also, in the middle of them, there are ornaments alluding natural elements. The balconies, which are little, have much presence because they are built with a heavy material (concrete), even the railing,
which is very solid and contains moorish star motifs as decoration. Furthermore, the openings in this level are also made by arches, but they
are almost 1 meter less high than the ones in the ground floor.
The second-story is the more different. The openings are not arches; all
the windows are rectangulars and, as all the facade, the ornaments are
present. In addition, their ledges/sills give an important ending for the
openings.
Finally, on the top of the facade we find the cornice, which is made by
a repetion of vaults. The narrow columns that are grown on the ground
floor end here, also with carved leafy capitals.
Image 6: Cornice
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As a conclusion, this building has a historical character and has the potential
to be an important building of the city, being one of the most beautiful architectonic examples in the area. However, its a shame that a building with
this characteristics is partially destroyed and have lost almost all the charm by
carelessness.
In 1956, the house achieved a plaque, which indicated its importance but, unfourtunately, nowadays the palace definitely deserves a completely renovation.
Image 18: Plaque
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Bibliography
Photographs:
Farytale. Unger-hz, Mzeum Krt. 7. Budapest, Te csods! N.p., 30 July 2011. Web. 18 Dec. 2014. <http://
budapest-tecsodas.blog.hu/2011/07/30/unger_haz_muzeum_krt_7>.
Budapest Bug. N.p., 23 Sept. 2014. Web. 18 Dec. 2014. <http://budapestbug.tumblr.com/post/62064169474/
secret-sights-of-budapest-the-unger-house-the>.