Budapest’s 13th District: the Modernist Jewish Quarter (1928-1944); An Urban Historical and Architectural Study
Budapest’s 13th District: the Modernist Jewish Quarter (1928-1944); An Urban Historical and Architectural Study

Summary/Abstract: This paper presents the Újlipótváros, or the New Leopold Town, in Budapest, one of the most important modern Jewish quarters in Europe, built between World War I and II. Újlipótváros is a unique settlement, a little ‘town in town,’ set along the left embankment of the Danube River. With its main square, main street, luxurious cafés, hidden synagogues, Újlipótváros has been home to many prominent Jewish intellectuals in the past 80 years. Emancipated Jews chose to build their houses in an easily recognizable modern style that highlighted their liberal leftist values, as opposed to the conservative, antimodern spirit of interwar Hungary. While compact, this little town is neatly embedded into the urban fabric of Budapest, visible from the Margit Island and Buda Mountains on the northern fringe of the UNESCO World Heritage site, the Pest riverside of the Danube.

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