Back November 23rd, 2013

One of the City Park’s most popular monuments, the Vajdahunyad Castle was built by architect Ignác Alpár. The monument that is home for the Museum of Hungarian Agriculture is visited by several hundred thousand tourists annually. 
Ignác Alpár was born in 1855 in Pest in a craftsman family, his original name was Ignác Schöckl. His father was a carpenter, he made the windows of the Vigadó Concert Hall. Alpár first started to work as an apprentice bricklayer, and later studied in Berlin. One of his professors was the creator of the Frankfurter Opera House, Richard Lucae – he had some other Hungarian students who later became famous architects, like Alajos Hauszmann, Ödön Lechner and Gyula Pártos. Alpár later worked in Berlin. In 1880 he changed his last name Schöckl to a more Hungarian-sound one, to Alpár. Between 1882 and 1889 he was a professor of the Budapest University of Technology, and in 1888 he opened his own architect office.
He Made Plans for More than 100 Buildings
He made study visits in Germany, Italy and Egypt. He made plans for more than 100 renowned buildings, such as churches, castles, tenement houses, baths, high schools, theatres, villas and hotels. Creating the buildings he followed the Historicist style, but several elements of the Eclecticism are also detectable on his buildings. Between 1900 and 1914 he made plans mostly for banks, e.g. on Vörösmarty tér, Szabadság tér, Roosevelt tér or József nádor tér. He died in 1928 in Zurich. He was laid out in the Vajdahunyad Castle, which is known as his most famous work. He was buried in the Kerepesi Cemetery.
His Most Famous Work, the Vajdahunyad Castle
The Vajdahunyad Castle located in the City Park, in the 14th district was built in 1896, as a part of the Millennium celebrations. Because of the close deadline it was originally made of wood, and was rebuilt between 1904 and 1908, using more durable materials. The castle which is also known as the 21-part Historic Monument Group that displays the history of the Hungarian architecture, is visited by several hundred thousand foreign tourists annually.
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