The promenade of Mihály Babits is located in the Buda Castle Quarter in the 1st District of Budapest. It has been called: An der langen Wand, Bastei-Promenade, Várbástya, Bástyasétány, Horthy Miklós bastion promenade[1]
It is located on the Eastern part of the Várhegy, between Bécsi Kapu and Erdélyi-bástya, and was surrounded by a double fortification. There were gardens on the place of the promenade till 1936, which belonged to 11-25 Táncsics Milhály utca. Before establishing these gardens there stood some buildings sitting on the Wall of the Castle. Some parts of the gardens were disestablished in 1936 and were opened for the public. Memorial tablet of Mihály Babics is here since 1965.
A 4 square metre part of the castle wall tumbled to the promenade on Christmas 2010.[2]
Removing of ruins and restructuring after World War II was the basis of Mihály Eisemann-László Dalos, Géza Baróti’s operetta, titled Bástyasétány 77. It was remade as a film by Gyula Gazdag under the title Bástyasétány 74. While the first is a romantic work, the other is less romantic, and its screening was band up to the change of regime in 1989.
Notes
edit- ^ There are different data in Budapapest teljes Utcanév Lexikona (Sprinter Kiadó - ISBN 963-9469-06-8): Babits Mihály promenade, (1945-); Horthy Miklós bastion promenade, (1930-); József bastion (18th century); Sankt Joseph Bastei (Saint Joseph Bastion 1696-); Mahmud Pasha Bastion (16th-17th century)
- ^ "Index - Bulvár - Kidőlt a várfal egy része a budai Várban". index.hu. Retrieved 2010-12-25.
Sources
editBudapest lexikon I. (A–K). Főszerk. Berza László. 2., bőv. kiadás. Budapest: Akadémiai. 1993. 101. o. ISBN 963-05-6410-6