Millenáris - Budapest, Hungary - Converted Factories on Waymarking.com

Millenáris is an important cultural center of Hungary.
It's formed from a former iron foundry of Pesti Hengermalom founded by Ábrahám Ganz.The small plant turned to be a well-known engineering company to the turn of the century.
In WWII, half of the buildings and the engines were destroyed, but most of them were rebuilt in 1949. Later with the appreciation of the area and the intensify of the environmental issues the thought of relocating the factory occurred. It was only realized in the middle of 2000.
A governmental decision declared that the area was to be used for the center of the program series crated for the Millennia. After the event the buildings were used for cultural purposes, the environment was transformed into a park.
The main idea behind rebuilding the old Ganz Plant was to create an environment in which the buildings are positioned in a modern way. The hardest task of the 'conception creation' was to decide which building was to be saved and which was to be destroyed after the event. The 'high building' was deconstructed according to the plans of 'conception creation'. The building named 'B' took on the name Large Hall, the building named 'D' was partly taken down. In between them, a new entrance was built. A garage was constructed under them, which is now the largest exhibition hall of the country.
The service hall also kept functions as a theatre with 600 seats. Concerts and different performances are held there.

The rehabilitation of the Ganz area the Millenáris Park, received the 'Europa Nostra Prize ' in 2002.

Address:: Kisrókus u. 16-20 Budapest, Hungary 1024 Year built: 1901-1912 Year converted: 2000 Web page: [Web Link]

Visit Instructions:
You must actually visit the place to post a log. With your log, you have to post your own, current photo of a building and tell us your impressions of a visit.

Recent Visits/Logs:

Date Logged Log   04/12/2012 Nebel.com visited it