HOTEL GELLÉRT. Budapest, Hungary. Postcard (1963)

HOTEL GELLÉRT
Budapest

Postcard published by Képzőművészeti Alap Kiadóvállalata, Budapest, I.-117 (1963).
Photo: M. T. I. Sziklai.

The Hotel Gellért is an Art Nouveau hotel on the right bank of Danube in Budapest. The 176-room hotel was designed by Hungarian architects Ármin Hegedűs, Artúr Sebestyén and Izidor Sterk. Construction started in 1912, but due to World War I, and it did not open until September 1918. The hotel was severely damaged in World War II. Restoration began in 1957, and work was completed in 1962. Itl was again renovated in 1973. Danubius Hotels assumed management of the hotel in 1981. After the company was privatized in 1992, it purchased the hotel outright in June 1996 and it became the Danubius Hotel Gellért. The hotel closed for renovations on 1st December 2021 and ceased to be operated by Danubius Hotels at that point.

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