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With all the floodlights turned off at the main buildings of the city it
resulted in a very soft scene to the capital of my country. I chose this
very place to shoot because I wanted to take a long-exposure picture
of our world-famous parliament and the lights turned off gave me a
chance to get some ships of long exposure on the Danube without
overexposing the building.

As you can see they only turned off the exterior floodlights at the
parliament. It was the same with the bridges: the street-lightnings
were left on not to disturb the traffic. However in the Buda Castle
everything was turned off as they organized a torch festival.

I added some small thumbnails of the most famous buildings of Budapest
for easier to recognize, you can find these at the bottom of the panorama.
Enjoy the lights!

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I gave a lecture about panoramic photography. I was invited to give a workshop at the
Urban 3D Modelling International Summer School. The study area was the historical town
center of Székesfehérvár (Alba Regia), the town where Hungarian kings were crowned.
During the summer school students could take part in keynote lectures, practical hands-on
exercises and fieldwork.

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For more info about the Summer School visit it’s website at http://www.geo.info.hu/urban3d/

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The Basilica commissioned by the first Hungarian King St Stephen served
as the coronation church and royal burial site. What remains of it, including
the memorial displaying St Stephen’s sarcophagus, has become a national shrine.

The garden ruins where the remnants of the basilica, its masonry, and
St Stephen’s sarcophagus are on display, were prepared in 1938 for the
900th anniversary of St Stephen’s death.

A mausoleum and masonry museum designed by Géza Lux were erected for
the sarcophagus. Its external walls are decorated with fine relief work by
Walter Madarassy, the stained glass windows were painted by Mrs Árkay
née Lili Sztehlo, and the walls bear a historical secco by Vilmos Aba Novák.

Extremely dense yet with a striking and expressive structure, Novák’s
composition begins with the baptism of Vajk (Stephen’s pagan name) and
with the story of the Holy Crown. Also featured on the walls: St Stephen’s
coronation, the legend of the holy right hand of St Stephen, the kings and
outstanding figures of Hungarian history, together with public personalities
representing the various eras, among them the governor Miklós Horthy, and
in the figure of Anonymous (the medieval anonymous notary who recorded
the history of the Hungarians) wearing his hooded cloak, the then Minister
of Education was displayed.

The secco created in 1942 was limewashed in the early 1950′s to conceal
the figure of Miklós Horthy whom the Communists despised. This, however,
protected the artwork from the rigours of the weather. In the early 1990′s,
it was restored and placed under protection.

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It is claimed that Belgian beer comprises the most diverse national
collection of quality beer in the world, and varies from the popular
pale lager to lambic beer and Flemish red. Belgian beer-brewing’s origins
go back to the Middle Ages.

Beer production in Belgium is now dominated by Inbev and Alken Maes,
however there are approximately 125 breweries in the country; in Europe,
only Germany, France and the United Kingdom are home to more breweries.
Belgian breweries produce about 500 standard beers. When special one-off
beers are included, the total number of Belgian beers is several thousand.
Belgians drink 93 litres of beer a year on average.

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Located in the historic centre of Székesfehérvár, the Hiemer House,
called the “jewel of the downtown”, is one of the major monuments
of the royal town. Different kinds of architectural styles appear on
the House. The baroque, gothic and neo-classic style ornaments make
the building a unique monument. You can have a refreshment in the
coffee bar or in the wine cellar, also located in the building.

The buildings of the building complex are protected historic buildings
listed in the List of National Heritage. The baroque-rococo main façade
is one of the most spectacular elements of the city’s main square.
The investigation of the building complex has discovered that the buildings
of the complex were rebuilt between the XV-XVIII century and they had
been rebuilt several times. They won their present aspects around the
XVIII the century.

The Hiemer house was originally built for dwelling purposes but during
the centuries its part at Jókai street 1 served as a parsonage too.
The block at Jókai street 3 gave place for the music school of the city
for decades.

The Font house – at its present address Oskola street 2 – was partly
built for a school partly as stores, while the Caraffa building at Oskola street
4 was also built as a school, stores and flats.

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