Budapest, Hungary (2006)

Tom R. Chambers spent two weeks in BudapestHungary visiting Istvan Horkay and documenting the streets of the city. Chambers (left) is seen below talking with Horkay at his home in Revulop, which is near Budapest.




Budapest is the capital and the most populous city of Hungary. The history of Budapest began when an early Celtic settlement transformed into a Roman town of Aquincum, the capital of Lower Pannonia. The Hungarians arrived in the territory in the late 9th century. The area was pillaged by the Mongols in 1241. Buda, the settlements on the west bank of the river, became one of the centers of Renaissance humanist culture by the 15th century. After the reconquest of Buda in 1686, the region entered a new age of prosperity. Pest-Buda became a global city with the unification of Buda, and Pest on 17 November 1873, with the name 'Budapest' given to the new capital. Budapest also became the co-capital of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, a great power that dissolved in 1918, following World War I. The city was the focal point of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848, the Battle of Budapest in 1945, and the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. (Wp)

Budapest, Hungary (2006) (tomrchambers.com)

Several photographs of Chambers' street work follow:











































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