Lajos Kossuth

#293/365 Tourists

This morning and even now (14:27pm) has been a beautiful day and especially suitable for sight-seeing.

#275/365 Changing colours

The statue : St. Stephen, the first king of Hungary

#246/365 Mother and child

In front of the GPs building, we have this rather simplistic statue of mother and child. Luckily I wasn't at the GP though, I zoomed this shot from the library window :D

#206/365 Famous man in the park

Hi again! Robot's last day here. Final scheduled post. She'll put in more info. later...

#184/365 Clear

The sky is clear but my mind is not.. lots going on..

#182/365 The colour purple

As much as I would love to post about St. Stephen, the first king of Hungary and the statue you see in the background; but for today, let's focus on those colour purple.
I'm loving the town's gardeners (or landscapers ?) colours selection this season, very calming and lively at the same time.

#Behind the Great Roman Catholic Church

#179/365 Foot of the man yesterday

Here's the foot of the man, József Katona, from yesterday's post.

József Katona (11 November 1791 - 16 April 1830) was a Hungarian playwright and poet - Wiki

#178/365 The man

The man whose name is attached to so many buildings and facilities.

#144/365 The Holy Trinity

Erected right in front of the town's theatre is a memorial named The Holy Trinity. It was erected some years after the the plague of 1739.

Today we've decided to include more than one photo of the subject, to give you a better idea of this memorial.

#140/365 Whit Monday

Flowers for the Blessed Virgin gifted by believers at Boldogasszony tér (Blessed Virgin Square).

Another angle of this statue could be seen here.

#128/365 Hygieia

Her name is Hygieia (Gyógyítás). She was the daughter of the God of medicine. As a goddess, she represented health, cleanliness and sanitation. So, no surprise that I found her outside the hospital at Izsáki út.

#86/365 Dashing through the snow

This image makes me want to decorate for xmas!

#51/365 Spring is in the air

Statue of Lajos Kossuth stand looking at the town hall. Who is he? Let me extract from wiki :-

He was widely honored during his lifetime, including in the UK and the US as a freedom fighter and bellwether of democracy in Europe.

This statue was in commemoration of the recruiting speech he had give in our town on September 25th, 1848 as the leader of the Hungarian War of Independence.

We found this quote from Brainy Quote :-

The time draws near, when a radical change must take place for the whole world in the management of diplomacy. - Lajos Kossuth

#43/365 Blessed

The other day we visited Béke Általános Iskola (Peace Elementary School) on Boldogasszony tér (Blessed Virgin Square). And yesterday, while walking pass the square, the winter sun finally showed. Of course I had to grab the opportunity to show you the square, focusing on the Blessed Virgin. 

#5/365 Swim!

The indoor swimming pool has moved to a new facility since last summer; however, this statue of swimmers, which is situated in front of the old facility, remains. I wonder if  they have any plans to relocate the statue.. ?

Anyway, I find it hard to photograph as at certain angle it is hard to tell what it's all about..haha.

Múzeumok Éjszakája 2012 ( Night of the Museums )

This year's first stop for us was The neolog Synagogue (1871) but currently functions as House of science and technology. You can also find copies of Michelangelo's fifteen statues here On our way to the next destination, we heard the choir from The Evangelic Church, so we paused a bit to listen to the beautiful concert. Next destination was The Greek Orthodox church (1824 & 1829). Kecskemét used to be the Greek metropolis of the Danube-Tisza region. At the end of the 17th century Greek merchants settled in the town and they built this church between 1824 and 1829. Look at those wood carvings! Q&A at the Greek Orthodox Church. The atmosphere was very informal :) Seating in the Greek Orthodox church is different from most churches that it is not set in rows but instead around the walls of the church. Visitors listening to the guardian of church. Last stop, and also my favourites of all, The Museum of Hungarian Naive Artists (1976). This place housed the largest collection of naive fine arts in Hungary. Mainly parents like to bring their children here.

Aside from the usual artifacts, Artist www.guido-vedovato.it is exhibiting his work in one of the galleries until August 2012. His work is just fascinatingly vibrant!

Obviously, there are many more museums in Kecskemét but we chose only 3 this time. We figured that this is an annual event that we'll visit others in the coming years. So, stay tune :)

Kodály school II

Seen at the Kodály school's campus some time back. You can here music flowing out of the wall due to the student rehearsal :)