Timelessness

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“Architecture should speak of its time and place, but yearn for timelessness.” — Frank Gehry

IMG_0353Bronzed windows of contemporary building (above) in castle district of Budapest, Hungary, reflect turrets and fantasy design of neo-Romanesque Fisherman’s Bastion. Designed in 1902, the Disney-like structure with its seven turrets represents the seven Magyar tribes that settled in Hungary at the end of the first millennium.

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Photos by Mary O’Connor © 2016 (part of an ongoing series of photo posts from recent Danube River cruise)

 


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