Sunday, July 21, 2024

CHAPEL OF OUR LADY - QUEEN OF THE HUNGARIANS at THE VATICAN in ROME : HUNGARIAN ARTISTS

SAINT PETER'S BASILICA = CHAPEL OF OUR LADY - QUEEN OF THE HUNGARIANS 

Quite a majestic project!

Excerpt: The walls are faced with travertine slabs and decorated with 20 white limestone panels representing the scenes from the lives of the Hungarian saints, who form a processon proceeding toward the Madonna.  The panels were made by Hungarian artists.  The figures of St.Adalbert, St Gerard, and Belssed Eusebius are by the sculptor Pal Ko.  St Elizabeth, st Margaret of Hungary and Blessed Gisela are by Sandor Kiss Blessed Kunegunde, Blessed Prisca and St Ladislaus the King, are by Andras Kiss Nagy.  Blessed Iolanda, Blessed Salomea, Moses of Hungary and St. Luis of Touluse are by Laszlo Marton.  St Isabel, St Emeric and St Margaret of Scotland are by Gyula Kiss Kovacs.  Blessed Elizebeth, Blessed Hedvig, and Blessed Giovanni Dominici are by Robert Czikszentmihalyi.  The same artist made the panel with Blessed Apor Vilmos, the Bishop and Maertyr, in 2001.


Wednesday, July 17, 2024

SZEGED : THE THIRD LARGEST CITY AND ART- NOUVEAU ARCHITECTURE and PUPPETRY MAKES IT UNIQUE : WONDERFUL PLACES IN HUNGARY #26

                                                                   

The third largest city in Hungary is known for it's authentic Art Nouveau Architecture and a summer-long outdoor festival of dance, music, and theater, a university, and botonical gardens...  Of the very many web sites that have something to say about this city, I chose this one, a magazine devoted to the city.

SZEGEDIFY MAGAZINE   a full event calendar including puppetry!

Of many videos I selected this one:


The city is in the center of the Southern Great Plain of Hungary and the county sear of Csongrad-Csanad. The University of Szeged is distinguished and attracts a large student population to the city.

Click on the label Wonderful-Hungary to bring up all posts on this theme.


Saturday, July 13, 2024

NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF HUNGARY DATABASES : ALWAYS UPLOADING MORE : PARISH REGISTERS and MORE




NATIONAL ARCHIVES OF HUNGARY FINDING AIDS :  includes links to searchable databases. 

HUNGARICANA SELECTIONS includes Lutheran Collection, Catholic Collection, Unitarian Collection, Calvinist Collection, Jewish Collection and more.

Here is the selection for Catholic Collections.

The Benedictine Order

The Franciscan Order

Diocese Archives of Gyor   

The Archdiocese Collections of Kalocsa   

Pazmany Peter Catholic University Faculty of Religious Studies.  

Szombathely Diocese Archives 

Szekesfehervar County Collections

Diocesan Circulars

Schematism of Bacs County

Tuesday, July 2, 2024

CSARDAS - VITTORIO MONTE : NANCY WEBB VIOLIN


Loved this video!  Nancy Webb is the young girl playing the violin in the forest.