Showing posts with label Hungary. Show all posts
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Wednesday, October 14, 2015


Old Village of Hollókő and its Surroundings


Hollokö is an outstanding example of a deliberately preserved traditional settlement. This village, which developed mainly during the 17th and 18th centuries, is a living example of rural life before the agricultural revolution of the 20th century.

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The Old Village of Hollókö and its surroundings is a living example of rural life before the agricultural revolution of the 20th century. It developed mainly during the 17th and 18th centuries. 

Hollókö is an Palóc ethnographic village, an ethnic minority group in north-east Hungary. 

http://www.worldheritagesite.org/sites/holloko.html

Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta


The cultural landscape of the Hortobágy Puszta consists of a vast area of plains and wetlands in eastern Hungary. Traditional forms of land use, such as the grazing of domestic animals, have been present in this pastoral society for more than two millennia.

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/474


Hortobágy National Park - the Puszta is the biggest grassland that remained in Central Europe. Hortobágy is similar to a steppe, a grassy plain with cattle, sheep, oxen, horses, tended by herdsmen, and it provides habitat for various different species (342 bird species have been registered to appear). 

The landscape features the following manmade structures:
- Early Bronze Age burial mounds (kurgans)
- low mounds (tells) that mark the sites of ancient settlements
- bridges, among which the Nine Arch Bridge (the longest stone bridge in Hungary)
- csárdas (18th and 19th century provincial inns for travellers) 

http://www.worldheritagesite.org/sites/hortobagy.html

Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue


This site has the remains of monuments such as the Roman city of Aquincum and the Gothic castle of Buda, which have had a considerable influence on the architecture of various periods. It is one of the world's outstanding urban landscapes and illustrates the great periods in the history of the Hungarian capital.

http://whc.unesco.org/en/list/400





Budapest, including the Banks of the Danube, the Buda Castle Quarter and Andrássy Avenue, holds a number of influential constructions from the Middle Ages to the late 19th century.

The Budapest World Heritage Site consists of three parts:
1. Buda Castle Quarter
This holds the city's medieval sites, with Buda Castle. Also there are the remains of the original Roman town Aquincum.

2. Banks of the Danube
This includes the Parliament (1884-1904) and the suspension bridge (1849).

3. Andrássy Avenue 
The extension with Andrássy Avenue in the year 2000 included the Opera, Millennium Park and the Underground Railway. 

http://www.worldheritagesite.org/sites/budapest.html