Closing Conference: Budapest, Hungarian National Archives 27 April 2026.
The speakers came from the Visegrád Countries and from the partner regions of V4 cooperation, so from Ukraine, Romania, Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina. The aim was not only to summarize the project, but also to discuss the framework of a joint scientific volume. According to the plans, the papers will be published in the […]
Exhibition in Košice: 23 March – 20 April 2026
The Rovás Gallery in Košice (Alžbetina 42.) is located in the heart of the city, just a block away from the Košice ring boulevard. The gallery, founded by the artist Ottó Szabó, has recently become increasingly open to architectural themes. Our exhibition was therefore also part of the Košice Spring Architecture Days program series initiated […]
University lecture at TUKE: Guest – Máté Tamáska and Adam Gudzek March 2026
Adam Gudzek presented the history of Brno’s rig boulevard to the students. The presentation was also an example how the student can use archival sources in the urban planning. Gudzek presented many building plans, layouts and maps. Based on these, some now-forgotten debates about the boulevard are revealed, such as whether it should be built […]
Exhibition in Brno: 24 February – 15 March 2026
Architecture Gallery in Brno, Starobrněnská 16. https://mapy.com/s/hodovehanu The exhibition in Brno was held in the vaulted hall of one of the city’s most historic buildings. Our program was among the first events to take place in the recently renovated cultural center. Thanks to the large glass windows, pedestrians were also able to glimpse the exhibition […]
2026.02.23 University Lecture at the Technical University of Brno, Guest – Jan Sekan
The lectures, held in a lecture hall at the Technical University of Brno, were attended by architecture students from the university. Adam Gudzek presented Brno itself, addressing not only its past but also the urban planning challenges posed by contemporary traffic. Jan Sekan spoke about the international historical parallels of ring roads in addition to […]
The Historian’s Workshop in the Exibiton
As part of the course “The Historian’s Workshop” taught by Dr Kamil Ruszała at the Institute of History of the Jagiellonian University, students took part in special workshops organized in connection with the exhibition. These sessions were designed to combine academic historical training with practical skills in communicating history to wider audiences. During the workshops, […]
2026.01.21 Exhibition at the Museum of the Jagiellonian University
The exhibition Ring of Boulevards (Polish: W kręgu miasta. Promenady, nowoczesność i architektura urbanistyczna w krajach wyszehradzkich) opened on Wednesday, 21 January at 2:00 p.m. in Kraków, in the heart of the Old Town, within the medieval walls of the Jagiellonian University Museum at the Collegium Maius. The exhibition marks the second major stop of […]
University lecture at the Jagiellonian University: Guest – Máté Tamáska (January 2026)
In his lecture, Máté Tamáska presented the boulevards of the Visegrád countries by comparing the differing development paths of Vienna and Budapest. Vienna, the imperial capital, was primarily renowned for its elegance, while Budapest’s Nagykörút functioned more as a major traffic artery, accompanied by a vibrant café culture. Brno largely followed Vienna’s model, whereas Szeged […]
2025.10.09 – The Exhibition in Szeged
The first stop of our travelling exhibition was Szeged, hosted at the Szeged Centre of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. The local Expert of the Exhibition was Dr. Anna Váraljai, the teacher of the University of Szeged. The prestigious venue, situated in the heart of the city, lent the exhibition a distinctly representative character. For […]
2025.10.08 – University Lecture at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, University of Szeged
Lecture: Ján Sekan, PhD – Ring Boulevards of Košice and Urban Planning The plenary lecture, addressed to students of Art History and Arts Management at the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Szeged, presented the ring-boulevard structure of the city of Košice. Students were also invited to attend the opening of the exhibition on […]