The Elephants’ Minaret in Budapest Zoo: Reorienting a Century-old Debate
Péter T. Nagy (Qatar, Doha)
Abstract
The paper provides an analysis of the circumstances and motifs which led to the construction of a well-known Orientalising monument in Budapest, the Elephant House, one of the highlights of Budapest Zoo, constructed between 1909 and 1912.
Keywords
Elephant House, Budapest Zoo, Orientalising style, early 20th-century architecture