Around the World: St. Nicholas Church
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reviews_and_ramblingsSince it's almost Christmas, I thinks that a pic of a St. Nicholas Church could be in theme... I remember with both joy and sadness this trip to Budapest, since I had a lot of time to wander alone around the city, but sometime I was too young to dare a bit more. Like in the case of this church: I have a passion for ruined churches, don't know maybe there is something a psychiatric would find interesting behind it, but I always like to take photos of those naves which finish with the sky or of those rose windows which look through. But this church is incorporated in the Hilton Budapest, and to see better the ruin you have to enter the hotel. I believe it's allowed, you can enter only to see the ruins even if you are not a guest, but as I said I was too young to be daring, and I limited myself to take pictures from the outside
by Elisa, Budapest, 1996:
http://www.elisarolle.com/travel/1996Budapest.htm
Truth be told there was not a good weather and the sun was random in the sky, but when I was taking this picture it came out, giving to me a good contrast with the ruins and the glass, ancient and modern together... Don't know if it's right that a modern building has incorporated in this way ancient ruins, but if it is a way to preserve them...
In the 13th century a Dominican monastery was built in Buda with a church dedicated to St. Nicholas. It was destroyed by Mongolians in 1245. The church, rebuilt in 1500, was destroyed again by Ottoman Turks in 1541—only the tower survived. In 1700 a new Jesuit college was built, incorporating the Dominican ruins with the tower. World War II bombing destroyed the college, leaving the tower a hollow shell without a spire. In 1970 all the surviving ruins—the cloister arcade, the old church choir remains, and the tower—were incorporated into the new modern Hilton Budapest. (From St. Nicholas Center)
by Elisa, Budapest, 1996:
http://www.elisarolle.com/travel/1996Budapest.htm
Truth be told there was not a good weather and the sun was random in the sky, but when I was taking this picture it came out, giving to me a good contrast with the ruins and the glass, ancient and modern together... Don't know if it's right that a modern building has incorporated in this way ancient ruins, but if it is a way to preserve them...
In the 13th century a Dominican monastery was built in Buda with a church dedicated to St. Nicholas. It was destroyed by Mongolians in 1245. The church, rebuilt in 1500, was destroyed again by Ottoman Turks in 1541—only the tower survived. In 1700 a new Jesuit college was built, incorporating the Dominican ruins with the tower. World War II bombing destroyed the college, leaving the tower a hollow shell without a spire. In 1970 all the surviving ruins—the cloister arcade, the old church choir remains, and the tower—were incorporated into the new modern Hilton Budapest. (From St. Nicholas Center)
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Date: 2008-12-08 01:34 am (UTC)This is an amazing picture. Well done!!
It's good to see that parts of church remain and have been incorporated into modern times. It certainly has a great history.
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Date: 2008-12-08 08:32 am (UTC)