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<TITLE>UT ISIS ENIAM AD MINIM   <LINK REL=STYLESHEET HREF="dori_style.css" TYPE="text/css"> <FRAMESET COLS=71%,22% BORDER=3 FRAMESPACING=3 > <FRAME NAME="Main" SRC="dori-index.html" SCROLLING=auto NORESIZE> <FRAME NAME="Menu" SRC="dori-000003.html" SCROLLING=auto NORESIZE> </FRAMESET> <BODY BACKGROUND="dori_i000002.jpg" TEXT=#000000 LINK=#0000FF VLINK=#FF0000 BGCOLOR=#FCE9B6 > <BASE TARGET="_top"> <DIV class=s2>  </DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s2 style='text-align: center;'> <A class=s2 style='color:#804000;' TARGET="Main" HREF="dori-000002.html"><IMG SRC="dori_i000000.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE ALT="Seguente" WIDTH=24 HEIGHT=24 ></A><FONT style='color:#008080;font-family:"Algerian";font-size:14pt;'><B>NEXT PAGE </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s9> <FONT style='font-family:"Elephant";'> </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s4 style='text-align: center;'>            <FONT style='color:#008080;font-family:"Algerian";font-size:26pt;'><B>AMBRUS DORI'S HOMEPAGE </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s4 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='color:#008080;font-family:"Algerian";font-size:26pt;'><B></B><B>HUNGARY </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s4 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='color:#008080;font-family:"Algerian";font-size:26pt;'><B></B></FONT><FONT style='color:#008080;font-family:"Algerian";font-size:15pt;'>UNIVERSITY OF SZEGED:INSTITUTE OF ENGLISH AND AMERCAN STUDIES AND PHILOSOPHY </FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s5> <B>      </B><FONT style='color:#800080;font-family:"Poor Richard";font-size:29pt;'><B><IMG SRC="dori_i000008.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=93 HEIGHT=49 > </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s5> <B> </B></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s2 style='text-align: center;'> <TABLE WIDTH="75%" BORDER="0" CELLPADDING="11" CELLSPACING="2" > <TR> <TD WIDTH=100% VALIGN=MIDDLE BGCOLOR=#FFFFFF> <DIV class=s1>  </DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s4 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='color:#008080;font-family:"Algerian";font-size:16pt;'><B><IMG SRC="dori_i00000a.gif" BORDER=0 ALIGN=MIDDLE WIDTH=100 HEIGHT=75 > </B></FONT></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s4 style='text-align: center;'> <FONT style='color:#008080;font-family:"Algerian";font-size:16pt;'><B></B><B>SZEGED, THE HOST CITY </B></FONT><FONT style='font-size:10pt;'><I>.  </I></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='margin-left: 3mm;'> <FONT style='font-size:10pt;'>Szeged is </FONT><FONT style='font-size:10pt;'><B>situated near the southern border</B></FONT><FONT style='font-size:10pt;'> of </FONT><FONT style='color:#0000FF;font-size:10pt;'>Hungary </FONT><FONT style='font-size:10pt;'>, just to the south of the mouth of the Maros River, on both banks of the </FONT><FONT style='color:#0000FF;font-size:10pt;'>Tisza</FONT><FONT style='font-size:10pt;'> River. A large part of the town lies on the right bank, while Ujszeged (New Szeged), a suburban district of residential housing and parks, is on the left bank of the river. Szeged is the cultural and economic center of </FONT><FONT style='color:#0000FF;font-size:10pt;'>South-Eastern Hungary</FONT><FONT style='font-size:10pt;'>, and a thriving university town, also famous for its open-air </FONT><FONT style='color:#0000FF;font-size:10pt;'>theater</FONT><FONT style='font-size:10pt;'>. The city center is marked by the medieval Tower of St. Demetrius and the stately twin spires of the Votive Church. This cathedral was built in the first decades of our century to commemorate the revival of the city after the devastating flood of the river Tisza in 1879.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='margin-left: 3mm;'> <FONT style='font-size:10pt;'>By Hungarian standards, Szeged is a large city, with a </FONT><FONT style='font-size:10pt;'><B>population </B></FONT><FONT style='font-size:10pt;'>of 177,000. The </FONT><FONT style='font-size:10pt;'><B>climate</B></FONT><FONT style='font-size:10pt;'> is very favorable; the mean temperature is about 52 oF, somewhat higher than in the rest of the country. Szeged is sometimes called the City of Sunshine as there are an average 2,000 hours of sunshine annually.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='margin-left: 3mm;'> <FONT style='font-size:10pt;'><I>The </I></FONT><FONT style='color:#0000FF;font-size:10pt;'><I>historical </I></FONT><FONT style='font-size:10pt;'><I>overview  </I></FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='margin-left: 3mm;'> <FONT style='font-size:10pt;'>The area of Szeged has been inhabited since </FONT><FONT style='font-size:10pt;'><B>Roman times </B></FONT><FONT style='font-size:10pt;'>. During the period of the Great Migration, the fifth through the ninth centuries, it was a meeting place for various tribes. Because of this, the region is abundant in valuable archeological sites. The settlement was given the rank of free royal town in 1246; it was an important monastic center in the later </FONT><FONT style='font-size:10pt;'><B>Middle Ages</B></FONT><FONT style='font-size:10pt;'>, witness to this is the beautiful Gothic Franciscan church and monastery, founded under King Matthias in the 1470s. During the 16th and 17th centuries the city suffered </FONT><FONT style='font-size:10pt;'><B>Turkish occupation</B></FONT><FONT style='font-size:10pt;'> and served as an administrative center for the Ottomans. In 1719 the town regained its free royal rights and in 1721 a famous grammar school was established here. In the </FONT><FONT style='font-size:10pt;'><B>Reform Period,</B></FONT><FONT style='font-size:10pt;'> begun in 1825 and associated with Istvan Szechenyi and Lajos Kossuth, the development of the town accelerated. Industrial works and banks sprang up, and, at the same time, the ever improving highway and railway systems of the country reached Szeged.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='margin-left: 3mm;'> <FONT style='font-size:10pt;'>In the </FONT><FONT style='font-size:10pt;'><B>War of Independence</B></FONT><FONT style='font-size:10pt;'> of 1848-9 Szeged played a prominent part. The famous recruiting speech of Lajos Kossuth was delivered here in the Fall of 1848. Szeged was the seat of the last Revolutionary Government in July 1849.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='margin-left: 3mm;'> <FONT style='font-size:10pt;'>In the second half of the </FONT><FONT style='font-size:10pt;'><B>19th century</B></FONT><FONT style='font-size:10pt;'> citizens of the town and surrounding area made efforts to populate the steppe-like region, to make agriculture thrive and to develop areas within the town itself. The huge flood of 1879, mentioned earlier, turned out to be a blessing in disguise. Although only 300 houses of the total 6000 of the city survived, the reconstruction that followed - with the help of Vienna, Paris, London, and other European cities - created a modern city with an exemplary layout of avenues and boulevards with a strikingly homogenous architecture that preserves the Eclecticism and Art Nouveau of the turn of the century. The economic and cultural importance of Szeged greatly increased after the flood in the developing period of Hungarian capitalism which is associated with the period of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='margin-left: 3mm;'> <FONT style='font-size:10pt;'>Szeged has retained its importance during the period </FONT><FONT style='font-size:10pt;'><B>between the two world wars,</B></FONT><FONT style='font-size:10pt;'> and later on too, up until today. The city is not only a county seat but the natural economic and cultural center of a larger region reaching across the neighboring Yugoslavian and Rumanian borders. </FONT><FONT style='font-size:10pt;'><B>Local industry</B></FONT><FONT style='font-size:10pt;'> is reputed for food production, especially salami and paprika (the Pride of Szeged paprika is a common brand in American supermarkets, too). Textiles, oil and natural gas processing, clothing production are also significant, but the city is most famous for its culture, including its various institutions of higher education. Representative </FONT><FONT style='font-size:10pt;'><B>schools</B></FONT><FONT style='font-size:10pt;'> are the Attila Jozsef University, the Albert Szent- Gyorgyi Medical University, the Gyula Juhasz Teacher Training College, the Ferenc Liszt College of Music, the College of Catholic Theology, and the College of Food Technology and Engineering. Because of the specific structure of university education in Hungary, these institutions do not individually have as many students as average Western European, or American universities. Yet, the total student population of ten to twelve thousand fills the streets and squares of the inner city. As an American travel-guide once noted: "Attila Jozsef University's campus at Dugonics ter [square] is always swirming with students - time and season don't seem to make any difference. Speak English loudly, read Newsweek conspicuously, or simply look incredibly lost - chances are you'll make a friend or friends, or possibly find yourself a spot to sleep on somebody's floor."  </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='margin-left: 3mm;'> <FONT style='font-size:10pt;'>In spite of the fact that Szeged has the atmosphere of a quiet college town, the city is surprisingly cosmopolitan. The UNESCO-sponsored international </FONT><FONT style='font-size:10pt;'><B>Center for Biological Research</B></FONT><FONT style='font-size:10pt;'> of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences, as well as the other institutions of higher education, host a great number of foreign scholars and students. The local opera is second in reputation only to the one in Budapest. Theaters, cinemas, clubs, riversides, parks, swimming pools and sports grounds provide plenty of possibilities for </FONT><FONT style='font-size:10pt;'><B>recreation. </B></FONT><FONT style='font-size:10pt;'>During the summers the open air </FONT><FONT style='color:#0000FF;font-size:10pt;'>theater</FONT><FONT style='font-size:10pt;'> in front of the Cathedral attracts over 4000 spectators each night to special opera and musical performances. Adjacent to these performances folkfestivals, exhibitions, sports events (including speedboat races and regattas on the world class rowing course) and the hospitable swimming pools and beaches make Szeged a desired holiday spot.  </FONT></DIV> <DIV class=s0 style='margin-left: 3mm;'> <FONT style='font-size:10pt;'>. </FONT></DIV> </TD></TR></TABLE></DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s2 style='text-align: center;margin-left: 11mm;'>  </DIV> <DIV ALIGN=center class=s2 style='text-align: center;'> <A class=s2 style='color:#804000;' HREF="dori_index.html">[Home]</A> </DIV> <DIV class=s2>  </DIV> <DIV><font size=1 face=arial>__________<br>Created with the TRIAL version of <A HREF="http://www.visualvision.com/">Visual Vision's</A> <A HREF="http://www.EasyWebEditor.com/">EasyWebEditor</A>. 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