Value preservation: Interactive map of Budapest’s oldest sites

astoria szálló hotel budapest fortepan 1962
Astoria Szálló and Café in Budapest, 1962. Source: Fortepan / UVATERV

The Hungarian Museum of Commerce and Hospitality (MKVM) has launched the Védett üzleteink (Our Protected Shops) programme in connection with the “Budapest 150” series of events. The project aims to draw attention to the values of old shops and restaurants that are threatened by closure or major renovation and modernisation. Check out these sites on an interactive map below!

Védett üzleteink – Our Protected Shops

The programme focuses on old shops, hotels and restaurants, pubs, cafés and confectioneries in the city centre. They include the Astoria Szálló (Astoria Hotel), the Duna Intercontinental Szálloda (Duna Intercontinental Hotel), the New York Kávéház (New York Café), Gerbaud and Ruszwurm Cukrászda (Gerbaud and Ruszwurm Confectioneries), Építészfórum reports. The site adds that the list is constantly growing.

The aim is to preserve and protect the portals and interiors of shops and restaurants with a long history in their original locations in Budapest. If this is not possible, the museum will also preserve the remaining salvageable items, the museum says. The focus is on establishments that are in some way threatened, facing closure or modernisation.

Interactive map

védett üzleteink program interactive map
PrtSc: vendeglato.varosfoglalo.monguz.hu

The programme is part of the institution’s active engagement with society, informing the public and calling for professional collaboration and wider social cooperation.

You can also explore the sites on an interactive map. Here, you can browse the capital’s attractions for now. There are also plans to offer guided tours of the city centre to help you get to know them.

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