103 result(s) for treasure in Community & Culture
Video: Jewish Cultural Festival, Until 6 Sept
- 27 Aug 2015 11:00 AM
- community & culture
Budapest is a receptive city, and this festival demonstrates that the capital of Hungary is a happy host to a diversity of cultures, welcoming expats and visitors from all parts of the world in friendship. This annual end of summer Jewish cultural cavalcade can be a special occasion for everyone, say organisers. Each year the Hungarian Jewish Community opens its gates and presents the colourful ...
Hungary Launches Procedure To List Munkácsy Masterpiece
- 10 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The cabinet office has initiated a procedure to prevent Mihály Munkácsy’s monumental painting “Golgotha” from being permanently removed from the country. “With the listing procedure, the government wants to keep this extraordinary work of our national painting in the Hungarian sphere of interest,” the national office in charge of oversight of cultural heritage said. “Naturally, the procedure will ...
Collector Pákh Ready To Take Back His Munkácsy Master Piece
- 8 Jun 2015 6:00 AM
- community & culture
The Hungarian-born American art collector Imre Pákh said that he will have Mihály Munkácsy’s monumental painting “Golgotha” removed from the Déri Museum in Debrecen because talks on the possible sale of the work to the state have fallen through. The painting is one of Munkácsy’s famous “Christ Trilogy” and is currently on loan to the Déri Museum, where all three paintings are on display.
State Seeks To Buy Last Of Munkácsy Trilogy For USD 6M
- 4 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The National Bank of Hungary has said it is prepared to pay 6 million US dollars to acquire Mihály Munkácsy’s monumental painting “Golgotha”, deputy governor Ferenc Gerhardt told public television. Its Hungarian-born American owner, Imre Pákh, wants 9 million, however, he said. The painting is one of Munkácsy’s famous “Christ Trilogy”.
Munkácsy’s Christ Trilogy Reunited In E Hungary
- 13 May 2015 9:04 AM
- community & culture
Hungarian painter Mihály Munkácsy’s famous Christ Trilogy was reunited in Debrecen, in eastern Hungary, after Christ before Pilate (1881) arrived in the city’s Déri Museum. Zoltán Balog, Hungary’s human resources minister, announced in February that the state had acquired the painting. Debrecen mayor László Papp said the painting’s return was a historic event, and noted that the trilogy ...
Chinese Terracotta Soldiers On Show In Budapest
- 5 Feb 2015 11:00 AM
- community & culture
The first life-sized terracotta soldier has been unpacked at the Museum of Applied Arts in Budapest, where it will be displayed as part of The Treasures of Ancient China exhibition from February 6.
Burns Night & Whisky Dinner, Bródy Studios, 24 January
- 22 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Discover your inner Celt and celebrate the life and work of Scottish poet Robert Burns...Haggis, Scottish whisky and beers, poetry, music and...men in skirts (what more could you want?). If you just fancy a boogie, then join in for a Bagpipes galore club night from 11pm. "Thine be ilka joy and treasure, Peace, enjoyment, love and pleasure!"
Visit Of Irish Pilgrims In Hungary
- 18 Sep 2014 7:00 AM
- community & culture
Ambassador Dowling met a group of Irish visitors to religious sites in Hungary recently on 9th September. The group of 47 took part in a ten day tour organized by Mr Tamás Kiss, director of the Győr Bishop’s Library and Treasury. Did you know: The great treasure of the Cathedral of Győr is the devotional picture of the Holy Virgin Mother Mary that shed tears of blood throughout a three hour ...
Xpat Opinion: The “Family Silver” Returns To Hungary
- 28 Mar 2014 11:00 AM
- community & culture
Seven pieces of the Seuso Treasure, an ancient trove of silver objects from the late Roman Empire, have finally come home. At a special press conference yesterday in the Hungarian Parliament, Prime Minister Orbán presented the precious Seuso artifacts, which date from the late fourth or early fifth century AD and are among some of the most important archaeological finds from the period. They will ...
Video: Jewish Cultural Festival, Until 6 Sept
- 27 Aug 2015 11:00 AM
- community & culture
Budapest is a receptive city, and this festival demonstrates that the capital of Hungary is a happy host to a diversity of cultures, welcoming expats and visitors from all parts of the world in friendship. This annual end of summer Jewish cultural cavalcade can be a special occasion for everyone, say organisers. Each year the Hungarian Jewish Community opens its gates and presents the colourful ...
Hungary Launches Procedure To List Munkácsy Masterpiece
- 10 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The cabinet office has initiated a procedure to prevent Mihály Munkácsy’s monumental painting “Golgotha” from being permanently removed from the country. “With the listing procedure, the government wants to keep this extraordinary work of our national painting in the Hungarian sphere of interest,” the national office in charge of oversight of cultural heritage said. “Naturally, the procedure will ...
Collector Pákh Ready To Take Back His Munkácsy Master Piece
- 8 Jun 2015 6:00 AM
- community & culture
The Hungarian-born American art collector Imre Pákh said that he will have Mihály Munkácsy’s monumental painting “Golgotha” removed from the Déri Museum in Debrecen because talks on the possible sale of the work to the state have fallen through. The painting is one of Munkácsy’s famous “Christ Trilogy” and is currently on loan to the Déri Museum, where all three paintings are on display.
State Seeks To Buy Last Of Munkácsy Trilogy For USD 6M
- 4 Jun 2015 9:00 AM
- community & culture
The National Bank of Hungary has said it is prepared to pay 6 million US dollars to acquire Mihály Munkácsy’s monumental painting “Golgotha”, deputy governor Ferenc Gerhardt told public television. Its Hungarian-born American owner, Imre Pákh, wants 9 million, however, he said. The painting is one of Munkácsy’s famous “Christ Trilogy”.
Munkácsy’s Christ Trilogy Reunited In E Hungary
- 13 May 2015 9:04 AM
- community & culture
Hungarian painter Mihály Munkácsy’s famous Christ Trilogy was reunited in Debrecen, in eastern Hungary, after Christ before Pilate (1881) arrived in the city’s Déri Museum. Zoltán Balog, Hungary’s human resources minister, announced in February that the state had acquired the painting. Debrecen mayor László Papp said the painting’s return was a historic event, and noted that the trilogy ...
Chinese Terracotta Soldiers On Show In Budapest
- 5 Feb 2015 11:00 AM
- community & culture
The first life-sized terracotta soldier has been unpacked at the Museum of Applied Arts in Budapest, where it will be displayed as part of The Treasures of Ancient China exhibition from February 6.
Burns Night & Whisky Dinner, Bródy Studios, 24 January
- 22 Jan 2015 8:00 AM
- community & culture
Discover your inner Celt and celebrate the life and work of Scottish poet Robert Burns...Haggis, Scottish whisky and beers, poetry, music and...men in skirts (what more could you want?). If you just fancy a boogie, then join in for a Bagpipes galore club night from 11pm. "Thine be ilka joy and treasure, Peace, enjoyment, love and pleasure!"
Visit Of Irish Pilgrims In Hungary
- 18 Sep 2014 7:00 AM
- community & culture
Ambassador Dowling met a group of Irish visitors to religious sites in Hungary recently on 9th September. The group of 47 took part in a ten day tour organized by Mr Tamás Kiss, director of the Győr Bishop’s Library and Treasury. Did you know: The great treasure of the Cathedral of Győr is the devotional picture of the Holy Virgin Mother Mary that shed tears of blood throughout a three hour ...
Xpat Opinion: The “Family Silver” Returns To Hungary
- 28 Mar 2014 11:00 AM
- community & culture
Seven pieces of the Seuso Treasure, an ancient trove of silver objects from the late Roman Empire, have finally come home. At a special press conference yesterday in the Hungarian Parliament, Prime Minister Orbán presented the precious Seuso artifacts, which date from the late fourth or early fifth century AD and are among some of the most important archaeological finds from the period. They will ...