JOYCEAN PICS 2003
Szeged
Contents of This Page

  
  Votive Church ("Fogadalmi templom"), Dom ter
  Old synagogue, Nador utca 3
  New Synagogue, the Hungarian Art Nouveau ("Uj zsinagoga"), Gutenberg utca 13
  "John Bull Pub"
  Kelemen utca
  Szechenyi ter
  Kolcsey utca
  Gutenberg utca
  Karasz utca
  Statue of Attila Jozsef (poet, 1905-1937), Dugonics ter
  Forras Hotel, Szent-gyorgyi Albert u. 16-24
CONTENTS 2003
   1  Debrecen IASIL 2003
   2  Debrecen, Jews and Joyce
   3  Debrecen: miscellanea
   4  Eger (Mid-Conference Tour)
   5  Szarvas and Opusztaszer (Post-Conference Tour)
   6  Szeged (Post-Conference Tour)
   7  Kecskemet (Post-Conference Tour)
   8  Visegrad (Post-Conference Tour)
   9  Szentendre (Post-Conference Tour)
  10  Esztergom (Post-Conference Tour)
  11  Budapest, Jews and Joyce (Post-Conference Tour, etc.)
  12  Szombathely
  13  Szekesfehervar
  14  The James Joyce Annual Summer School
  15  Dublin, Jews and Joyce
  16  Dublin: miscellanea
  17  Galway

Szeged
Post-Conference Tour Day 1 & Day 2

  Szeged - a corruption of the Hungarian word "sziget," or "island" - is the largest and most important city on the Southern Plain and lies just west of where the Tisza and Maros Rivers converge.  In fact, some would argue that, in terms of culture and sophistication, Szeged (German: Segedin) beats Debrecen hands down as the "capital" of the Great Plain as a whole.  Remnants of the Koros culture suggest that these goddess-worshipping people lived in the Szeged area 4000 or 5000 years ago, and one of the earliest Magyar settlements in Hungary was at Opusztaszer to the north.  By the 13th century, the city was an important trading centre.  Under the Turks, Szeged was afforded some protection since the sultan's estates lay in the area, and it continued to prosper in the 18th and 19th century.  Since WWII, Szeged has been an important university town.  (Cf. Steve Fallon & Neal Bedford, Hungary, 295.)

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Votive Church
  
   Votive Church ("Fogadalmi templom"), Dom ter.  Erected here in the 12th century.  A disproportionate brown brick monstrosity that was pledged after the 1879 flood but not completed until 1930.
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 (Sunday 13 July) Votive Church ("Fogadalmi templom"), Dom ter.  Erected here in the 12th century.  A disproportionate brown brick monstrosity that was pledged after the 1879 flood but not completed until 1930.
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 (Sunday 13 July) Votive Church ("Fogadalmi templom"), Dom ter
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 (Sunday 13 July) Votive Church ("Fogadalmi templom"), Dom ter
  
  
   
Old synagogue
  
   Old synagogue (now private house), Nador utca 3
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 (Sunday 13 July) Old synagogue (now private house), Nador utca 3
  
  
   
New Synagogue
  
   New Synagogue, the Hungarian Art Nouveau ("Uj zsinagoga"), Gutenberg utca 13.   It was designed by Lipot Baumhorn in 1903.  "It is the most beautiful Jewish house of worship in Hungary and still very much in use.   If the grace and enormous size of the exterior don't impress you, the blue and gold interior will.   The cupola, decorated with stars and flowers (representing Infinity and Faith), appears to float skyward, and the tabernacle of carved acacia wood and metal fittings is a masterpiece " (Fallon & Bedford)
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 (Sunday 13 July) New Synagogue, the Hungarian Art Nouveau ("Uj zsinagoga"), Gutenberg utca 13.   It was designed by Lipot Baumhorn in 1903.  "It is the most beautiful Jewish house of worship in Hungary and still very much in use.   If the grace and enormous size of the exterior don't impress you, the blue and gold interior will.   The cupola, decorated with stars and flowers (representing Infinity and Faith), appears to float skyward, and the tabernacle of carved acacia wood and metal fittings is a masterpiece " (Fallon & Bedford)
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 (Sunday 13 July) New Synagogue, the Hungarian Art Nouveau ("Uj zsinagoga"), Gutenberg utca 13
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 (Sunday 13 July) New Synagogue, the Hungarian Art Nouveau ("Uj zsinagoga"), Gutenberg utca 13
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 (Sunday 13 July) New Synagogue, the Hungarian Art Nouveau ("Uj zsinagoga"), Gutenberg utca 13
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 (Sunday 13 July) New Synagogue, the Hungarian Art Nouveau ("Uj zsinagoga"), Gutenberg utca 13
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 (Sunday 13 July) New Synagogue, the Hungarian Art Nouveau ("Uj zsinagoga"), Gutenberg utca 13
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 (Sunday 13 July) New Synagogue, the Hungarian Art Nouveau ("Uj zsinagoga"), Gutenberg utca 13
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 (Sunday 13 July) New Synagogue, the Hungarian Art Nouveau ("Uj zsinagoga"), Gutenberg utca 13
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 (Sunday 13 July) New Synagogue, the Hungarian Art Nouveau ("Uj zsinagoga"), Gutenberg utca 13
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 (Sunday 13 July) New Synagogue, the Hungarian Art Nouveau ("Uj zsinagoga"), Gutenberg utca 13
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 (Sunday 13 July) New Synagogue, the Hungarian Art Nouveau ("Uj zsinagoga"), Gutenberg utca 13
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 (Sunday 13 July) New Synagogue, the Hungarian Art Nouveau ("Uj zsinagoga"), Gutenberg utca 13.  They did not let us gentiles in!!  Oh, YHVH!
  
  
   
"John Bull Pub"
  
   "John Bull Pub," near the old synagogue
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 (Sunday 13 July) "John Bull Pub," near the old synagogue
  
  
   
Kelemen utca
  
   Kelemen utca
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 (Sunday 13 July) Kelemen utca, viewed from Szechenyi ter
  
  
   
Szechenyi ter
  
   Szechenyi ter
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 (Sunday 13 July) "Kis Virag Cukraszda" (ice-cream shop), Szechenyi ter
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 (Sunday 13 July) A statue of Szechenyi ter
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 (Sunday 13 July) All together now on the foot of the statue of Szechenyi ter
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 (Sunday 13 July) All together now on the foot of the statue of Szechenyi ter
  
  
   
Kolcsey utca
  
   Kolcsey utca
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 (Sunday 13 July) An apartment, Kolcsey utca
  
  
   
Gutenberg utca
  
   Gutenberg utca
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 (Sunday 13 July) Gutenberg utca
  
  
   
Karasz utca
  
   Karasz utca
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 (Sunday 13 July) Statue of a Violinist, Karasz utca
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 (Sunday 13 July) A street violinist, Karasz utca
  
  
   
Statue of Attila Jozsef
  
   Statue of Attila Jozsef (poet, 1905-1937), Dugonics ter:  He was one of the greatest Hungarian writers in the 20th century.
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 (Sunday 13 July) Statue of Attila Jozsef (poet, 1905-1937), Dugonics ter: he was one of the greatest Hungarian writer in the 20th century.
  
  
   
Forras Hotel
  
   Forras Hotel, Szent-gyorgyi Albert u. 16-24
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 (Saturday 12 July) Forras Hotel, Szent-gyorgyi Albert u. 16-24
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 (Saturday 12 July) My dinner, Forras Hotel
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 (Saturday 12 July)Me at dinner time, Forras Hotel




        


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