Palace with Neo-renaissance Garden on the River Bank: Várkert Bazár Reopens its Gates

Várkert Bazár has opened its gates in April 2014, commemorating the 200th anniversary of the birth of the notable architect of the building, Miklós YBL. However, the renovation has been going on throughout the spring and summer too. The second phase of the project has been finished recently, and thus visitors can fully explore the newly renovated building of Várkert Bazár and its Renaissance garden now.

Várkert Bazár was originally designed as „the welcoming place of the King” back in the end of the 1800s. The commission was given to Miklós YBL, the well-known architect who created a palace-like building. The construction went on from 1875 and was finished in 1883. The decoration of the building was also made by famous craftsmen, for example, Mór THAN (frescos) and Vilmos ZSOLNAY („glazed ceramic decorations”).
The site has six exhibitions to visit. One of them is the “World Heritage – Hungarian Heritage: Hungarikonok” exhibition that is a collection of celebrities’ personal objects that became artefacts with the help of contemporary artists. The other exhibitions in the southern palace are about the history of Várkert Bazár and show how the renovations proceeded.