PHOTOS: Stunning archduke palace being rebuilt in Buda Castle
Archduke Joseph’s Palace in the Buda Castle was one of the most beautiful historic Hungarian buildings. However, the Communist regime ruling in Hungary after WWII could not garner enough money to rebuild it after the devastation caused by the Soviet siege of Budapest in the world war. Therefore, they demolished it in the 1960s. Now, the Orbán government is rebuilding it, and it will look astonishing. Scroll down for some photos!
According to the official Facebook page of the Nemzeti Hauszmann Program, which coordinates the reconstruction process, the subcontractors decorated the facade of the new palace. The company follows the reconstruction’s timeline, they said in their Facebook post.
The work on the facade started last autumn. The workers are currently placing the doors and windows and insulating the facade. Furthermore, they began to install decorated cobblestones on the Southern and Eastern sides of the building. Moreover, the patterning of the facade ornaments is also happening. Their placement will be one of the most spectacular parts of the construction process.
Archduke Joseph’s Palace will be rebuilt with the former stables and the fairy-tale-like palace garden. In the future, the building will host the Constitutional Court of Hungary.
The exterior of the building will follow the outlook of the original palace. In the interior, they will rebuild the unique and jaw-dropping Grand Stairway which will be covered by glass, and the first-floor ballroom.
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The Communists decided not to rebuild the palace
The steel structure of the roof is also ready. Currently, the carpenter work is being carried out before the metal plating. The Eastern-style loggia’s construction will also be started soon.
The program reached the palace’s highest point yesterday, and the subcontractor placed the glass roof’s metal structure on the grand staircase.
The son of Palatine Joseph, Archduke Joseph, had modified the 18th-century Teleki Palace by 1906 following the plans of Flóris Korb and Kálmán Giergl in Historicist style.
In the 1944-1945 Soviet siege of Budapest, the building suffered serious injuries, but it did not become life-threatening. In 1951, the Communist leadership created a workers’ hostel. Later, they decided to demolish it instead of reconstructing it. Until 2021, the ruined area was one of the stains of the beautiful Buda Castle.
Here are some photos of the construction project: