<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The nineteenth century was a period of ground-breaking events in the history of humanity relating to the industrial revolution, scientific discoveries, knowledge development and social changes. It was also a time when new types of commercial buildings were being formed and transformations of those that had existed for centuries were taking place. The aim of this article is to present the problems of the Central Market Hall in Budapest by Samu Pecz and compare its architectural solutions with selected nineteenth-century constructions serving the same purpose elsewhere in Europe.</p></abstract>

The nineteenth century was a period of ground-breaking events in the history of humanity relating to the industrial revolution, scientific discoveries, knowledge development and social changes. It was also a time when new types of commercial buildings were being formed and transformations of those that had existed for centuries were taking place. The aim of this article is to present the problems of the Central Market Hall in Budapest by Samu Pecz and compare its architectural solutions with selected nineteenth-century constructions serving the same purpose elsewhere in Europe.

The belly of Budapest – the Hungarian Central Market Hall from the end of the 19<sup>th</sup> century against the backdrop of selected European objects with this function

Institute of Architecture and Urban Planning, Faculty of Civil Engineering, Architecture and Environmental Engineering

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The belly of Budapest – the Hungarian Central Market Hall from the end of the 19 century against the backdrop of selected European objects with this function

The nineteenth century was a period of ground-breaking events in the history of humanity relating to the industrial revolution, scientific discoveries,...

The belly of Budapest – the Hungarian Central Market Hall from the end of the 19^th century against the backdrop of selected European objects with this function

Published Online: May 16, 2020

Page range: 31 - 43

Received: Dec 10, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.19.122.11447

Keywords
market hall, commercial buildings, industrial revolution, Budapest

© 2019 Katarzyna Janicka-Świerguła, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

The belly of Budapest – the Hungarian Central Market Hall from the end of the 19th century against the backdrop of selected European objects with this function

Published Online: May 16, 2020

Page range: 31 - 43

Received: Dec 10, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.4467/2353737XCT.19.122.11447

Keywordsmarket hall, commercial buildings, industrial revolution, Budapest

© 2019 Katarzyna Janicka-Świerguła, published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 Public License.

The belly of Budapest – the Hungarian Central Market Hall from the end of the 19^th century against the backdrop of selected European objects with this function

Keywords
market hall, commercial buildings, industrial revolution, Budapest