Dear Friends and Colleagues, We, the members of ÓVÁS! Association in Budapest, Hungary, fully support your initiative to preserve the remains of the Jewish Reform Synagogue in Hamburg and join your international appeal. Since 2004 we have led and are leading a similar fight for preserving the Old Jewish Quarter of Budapest, threatened by careless…
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Presentation for the ICOMOS Advisory Mission to Budapest
It was in 2005 that ÓVÁS! first warned UNESCO of Budapest’s world heritage sites and their buffer zones being endangered by significant changes taking place in the historic Jewish district, describing the demolition of buildings and the construction of new, entirely out of place ones. Since then we have informed UNESCO several times about the…
Offener Brief zur Abwicklung der Denkmalpflege
Ungeachtet dessen, dass die Denkmalpflege bereits über 145 Jahre hinweg Teil unseres Nationalbewusstseins ist, hat die ungarische Regierung 2017 die Abwicklung der einzigen offiziellen Fachinstitution abgeschlossen: Sie schloss nun auch die Sammlungen, die die Grundlage jeder praktischen oder wissenschaftlichen Denkmalpflege bilden, nämlich das Plan-, Foto- und Dokumentenarchiv sowie die Bibliothek. Mit dem Ende dieser Institution,…
International workshop organized by ÓVÁS! Associaton
February 23, 2017 in FUGA Budapest Center of Architecture
ICOMOS-UNESCO letter concerning the “Liget Budapest” project
The letter is primarily addressed to chairpersons and board members of UNESCO, UNESCO World Heritage Centre and ICOMOS. A copy of the letter is also sent electronically to representatives of IUCN, UNESCO Hungarian National Committee, SCCL chairman, IFLA, MIPIM Awards (see the full list of secondary addressees below the letter). Dear Chairpersons and Members of…
Invitation – Who lived, who build here?
ÓVÁS! Association cordially invites you to an international workshop and exhibition
Jewish Contribution to the Urban Development of European Cities and of Budapest as a Metropolis
Venue: FUGA Budapest Center of Architecture, 1052 Budapest, Petőfi Sándor Street 5
Time: Thursday, 23 February 2017, 9:30 to 17:30
Opening address: Géza Komoróczy
The languages of the workshop are English and Hungarian, with simultaneous translation.
The exhibition will be opened at 18:00 p.m. by György Konrád
Who Lived, Who Built Here? The exhibition presents the material of the website on the Jewish contribution to Elisabethstadt and Theresienstadt.
Concept: Bálint Nagy, project material: Anna Perczel, photography: Endre Lábass, software development: Tivadar Feczkó
The exhibition is open until 15 March, 2017 in the opening hours of FUGA
Sponsor: National Cultural Fund of Hungary (NKA)
Website of the research project: lathatatlan.ovas.hu