4th of workshop of the Romanian Ministry of Culture on resort architecture, Baile Herculane, Romania, June 2008

1. Ressort architecture at Lake
Balaton, Hungary
Maria BOŞTENARU DAN
researcher

5. Balatonfüred
• a resort, considered to bet he capital of
the Northern shore of Lake Balaton
• the oldest resort of the Balaton shore
• first timber and stone buildings existed in
1722 already
• started to develop in the 1800s, during
the Reform

6. Balatonfüred
• private villas of politicians and artists
started to be built after 1848
• most known for its mineral waters and the
Mediteranean climate
• listed buildings from the middle of the
18th and the 19th centuries in its old cure
part along the railway

7. Environment

8. Environment

10. First nucleus
• Horvath villa
• Kossuth Fountain
• Anna bál building
• Tibor fürdö
• Around a park

11. Balatonfüred – Horvath villa (1795-
1798)

12. Balatonfüred – Horvath villa (1795-
1798)

13. Balatonfüred – Horvath villa (1795-
1798)

14. Balatonfüred – Horvath villa (1795-
1798)

15. Balatonfüred – Horvath villa (1795-
1798)
• Füred was already in fashion at the end of
the XVIIIth century
• Copf style, the biggest in this style in the
Balaton region
• 1825 here was hold the first Anna ball
• It needs today some restoration

16. Balatonfüred – Anna bál
• Event: the Anna bál with its beauty
contest.
• The first ball was organised in 1846 by
János Horváth in honour of his daughter,
Anna Krisztina.
• It became tradition.
• In 2005 it took place for the 180th time.

17. Balatonfüred – Anna bál

18. Kossuth fountain

19. Kossuth
fountain

20. Tibor fürdö

21. Related building in Buzias,
Romania

22. Second nucleus
• Blaha Luiza villa
• Jókai villa
• Hurray villa
• Round church

23. Balatonfüred – Blaha Luiza villa
(actress), 1816

24. Balatonfüred – Blaha Luiza villa
(actress), 1816 and Round church

25. Balatonfüred – Blaha Luiza villa
(actress), 1816
• Today hotel
• Classicist style
• 1893-1916 was the villa of Blaha Luiza

26. Balatonfüred – Jókai villa (writer)
1870

27. Balatonfüred – Jókai villa (writer)
1870

28. Balatonfüred – Jókai villa (writer)
1870

29. Balatonfüred – Jókai villa (writer)
1870

30. Balatonfüred –
Jókai villa
(writer) 1870

31. Balatonfüred –
Jókai villa
(writer) 1870

32. Balatonfüred – Jókai villa (writer)
1870
• The writer wrote in his villa here the novel
„The gold man“, a part of which takes
place on the Balaton shore.
• The building was 20 years the property of
Jókai
• The building is today a museum.

33. Balatonfüred – Huray villa (1868)

34. Balatonfüred –
Huray villa
(1868)

35. Balatonfüred – Huray villa (1868)

36. Balatonfüred – Huray villa (1868)

37. Balatonfüred – Huray villas (1868)
• On one of the most beautiful sites,
opposite to the round church
• Two houses, both monuments
• Romantic style, typical for the 1860s
• Covered terrace
• Rich ornaments

38. Related architecture in Buzias
resort, Romania

39. Round church

40. Round church

41. Round church

42. On the way to the Red church
• Döry villa
• Lohner villa
• Pálóczi castle

43. Balatonfüred – Dőry villa (1869)

44. Balatonfüred – Dőry villa (1869)

45. Balatonfüred – Dőry villa (1869)

46. Balatonfüred
– Dőry villa
(1869)

47. Balatonfüred – Dőry villa (1869)
• Was told to be the most beautiful family
villa in Füred
• Romantic style, one of the most beautiful
in the large region
• Today called Astoria

48. Balatonfüred – Lohner villa

49. Balatonfüred – Pálóczy castle
(1785-1787)

50. Balatonfüred – Pálóczy castle
(1785-1787)

51. Balatonfüred – Pálóczy castle
(1785-1787)

52. Balatonfüred – Széchényi castle
(1781-1782)

53. Balatonfüred – Széchényi castle
(1781-1782)

54. Balatonfüred – Széchényi castle
(1781-1782)
• Considered to the model of the castle of
Timar Mihály in „The gold man“ of Jókai
Mór
• Barock style, which was then in fashion
• 1871 transformations, becomes eclectic
features, the balcony is built then, with
two stone columns, which retain their
beauty today.

55. Balatonfüred – Gombás kúria (2nd
half of the XVIIIth century)

56. Balatonfüred – Gombás kúria (2nd
half of the XVIIIth century)
• Late barock or Copf (Zopf) style
• The Zopf style is a German style, late
barock or early classicism as transition
between rococo and classicism, 1760 till
1790.
• Typical for the Balaton region, especially
for Füred, a beloved place of the
aristocracy

57. Balatonalmádi
• a historic resort on the Northern shore of the
Lake Balaton in Hungary.
• renowned resort from the begin of the 20th
century, recognised as such in 1961.
• surrounded by hills at the West and the North.
• The construction type is characteristic for the
region, often red sandstone is used, since this
can be found here. In the historic centre a few
of this buildings can still be found. The most of
them, however, don´t exist today anymore.