Page 12 - Lifestyles in Palm Beach Gardens - July '19

Page 12, Lifestyles in Palm Beach Gardens
Hungary: Heritage, Horsemen And Paprika

By Don Kiselewski, MCC, the first World War. Things didn’t change much between the two
D.S., Palm Beach Gardens world wars. Hungary aligned itself with Germany in 1930 and
Travel Leaders got into World War II as a member of the Axis. After the war,
The Republic of Hungary is Hungary became a Communist satellite following a short-lived
about the size of Indiana and try of democracy from 1945 to 1947. Then back to a brutal form
has a neighbor for every day of communist rule, which spawned the Hungarian Revolution
of the week: Austria, Slovakia, of 1956. In 1980, Hungary was instrumental in dissolving the
Ukraine, Romania, Serbia, Warsaw Pact, and in 1990 it held its first free election. It entered
Croatia and Slovenia. It’s no into the European Union in 2004.
wonder that the landlocked Budapest, the “Pearl of the Danube” or “Queen of the
country has been in everyone’s Danube,” is a beautiful city split by the waters of the Danube. In
way since the dawn of recorded actuality, it is the incorporation of three cities under one name,
time. It is split from north and south at its midsection by one of which took place in 1973. Óbuda (Old Buda) and Buda on the Heroes’ Square in Budapest
the mightiest rivers in Europe: the Danube. west bank of the Danube were joined to Pest on the east bank
More than half of the country’s area consists of the rolling to create the city of Budapest. The right (west) bank of the city
plains of the Carpathian (or Pannonian) Basin. Transdanubia is hilly and contains the Royal Castle as well as other structures
is the hilly portion of the country, occupying that portion of such as the Fisherman’s Bastion, the icon of Budapest. The site
the country west of the river, while the Nagyafold, or Great overlooks the vast flatlands of Pest, located across the river.
Hungarian Plains, lies to the east. The highest point in the
country is Mount Kékes, at 3,350 feet, in the Carpathians.
Despite being landlocked, Hungary has plenty of water
to serve its needs. Three large rivers – the Danube, Tisza and
Drava – traverse the country. Transdanubia has the distinction
of having the largest thermal lake in the world. The resulting
effects of these thermal reserves are an abundance of natural
spas. Lake Tisza, an artificial lake, is the second largest in the Sculptures of prominent Hungarian statesmen in Heroes’ Square
Carpathian Basin.
The heritage of Hungary has been shaped from many by the Palace of Art and the Museum of Fine Arts. Statue Park
directions. In Roman times, the area west of the Danube was may very well be a one-of-a-kind area because of the park’s
known as Pannonia. With the collapse of the Roman Empire, contents. After the breakdown of Communist rule in the city, the
the gates were open to the country and invaders flowed in from statues of the various Communist leaders were all taken down
all directions. The Lombards and Gepids ruled Pannonia for The Danube divides Buda on the left with Pest on the right. and carted off to another location and reset along a walkway
about a century and then the Slavic tribes started migrating through the park. I’m not sure of the rationale behind this action,
into the area. In 560, the Avars gained dominance and ruled The Bastion was built to commemorate the brave stand made but one might suspect that it is just in case the old gang takes
for two centuries. The Franks advanced from the west under by the river fishermen who successfully defended the Royal over again.
Charlemagne and the Bulgars from the southeast managed to Castle when it was under siege. From the numerous vantage Chicken paprikash and paprika cream soup are but a few of
overthrow the Avars in the early ninth century. The Magyars points in Buda, one can capture exciting views of the Hungarian the ways that paprika from the Kalocsa area of Hungary spices
migrated to Hungary in the late ninth century. Although some Parliament Building, built at the water’s edge in the same style up the appetite. The 18,000 inhabitants of Kalocsa work the
believe that the name “Hungary” came from this occupation, the of architecture as Westminster in London. From here one can 8,000 acres of “red gold” paprika peppers to produce a crop
name actually came from the seventh-century Bulgar alliance see the famous Chain Bridge as well as the other structures that equal to that of Spain; both claim to produce the largest crop in
called On-Ogour, which in old Turkish means “10 Arrows.” connect the two cities across the Danube. Europe. Kalocsa is also the home of the Archbishop’s Palace and
This refers to the 10 tribes from Turkey that occupied the area. Heroes’ Square is perhaps the most visited area in Pest. This
King Saint Stephen established the Kingdom of Hungary huge square with its statutes of past Hungarian kings is flanked Hungary on page 13
in the millennium. He was the first Christian Hungarian king
and was canonized along with his son, Imre, in 1083. At this
point in Hungary’s political development, influence came from
Poland and Bohemia. These interventions came at the direction
of the Popes and the emperors of the Holy Roman Empire.
The 13 century brought great devastation under the Mongol
th
(Tatar) armies of Batu Khan. Despite the extensive loss of life,
the Mongols never occupied Hungary.
The Kingdom of Hungary lost control of its territories, which
became Wallachia in 1330 and Moldavia in 1359. A century
later, Hungary strengthened its position in the world under King
Matthias Corvinus. The country became one of Europe’s artistic
and cultural centers; this was greatly influenced by Corvinus’
Italian wife, who brought artisans to Hungary from France and
England. Next to defeat the Hungarians were the Ottomans at
the Battle of Mochics in 1526.
And then the political chaos began. Two kings were elected
simultaneously – Ferdinand Habsburg and János Szapolyai
– and the country was divided in three; one-third under the
Ottomans, another third under the Habsburgs and the last third
(Transylvania) remaining independent. There were turf struggles
for the next century and a half. The Austrians prevailed with the y!
help of the Russians. In 1867, Hungary theoretically became an
equal half of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, which lasted until

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