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From the Foundation Stone to the Cathedral: Architecture of the Votive Church of Szeged

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|May 2019

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  3. [3] This presentation was also held in Szeged on 22 November 2018 at the conference commemorating Ernő Foerk and Gyula Glattfelder at the Ferenc Gál College. This paper can be read in Hungarian in the publication of the Department.
  4. [4] The jury of the tender consisted of György Lázár, the mayor of Szeged, Endre Gaál, Sándor Ivánkovits, Géza Jászay, Pál Kótay, Ferenc Pálffy, Frigyes Stelczel, Mihály Tóth and Ferenc Varga, Frigyes Schulek and Győző Czigler, teachers of the Technical University of Budapest, Kamill Fittler the director of the Academy of Arts and Crafts.
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jbe-2019-0012 | Journal eISSN: 2064-2520 | Journal ISSN: 2063-997X
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