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Historical topic: Turkish Occupation

The Ottomans occupied the city after a long siege in 1543.

The city remained under Ottoman occupation for 145 years, until 1688, except for a short period in 1601 when it was re-occupied by an army led by Lawrence of Brindisi. The Ottomans destroyed most of the city, they demolished the cathedral and the royal palace, and they pillaged the graves of kings in the cathedral.

The two excisting Turkish cultural heritage site in Székesfehérvár are the Turkish garden and the Arpad bath.

Intercultural topic

Ecological thinking

In Portugal, Spain, Romania, Italy, and Sweden we recycle waste, use renewable energy such as wind energy and solar energy and wave energy is more common and wide spread in Portugal, Spain, and Italy where it is under development. In Portugal it is important because it is so close to the sea and due to the risk of raising sea levels. The government plays an important role. These countries also recycle medicines and waste and especially in Sweden they make energy out of food waste. This is to some extent present in Bulgaria. In Italy recycling is not as widespread. In Turkey it is mainly companies that lead the way for recycling. In Turkey and Portugal plastic bottle caps are recycled by companies and with the money they buy wheelchairs etc for injured people.

Idea: policies to increase public transport and change the minds of people; make it convenient for the passengers.

Make a flashmob about caring about the environment, eg. Not to drop trash on the ground. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aiIe6AuQwio

Cultural values: family life

In Sweden, Portugal and Spain adoption by homosexual couples has been approved. In these countries the parents share the responsibility, out of the months that the parents can stay at home when a child has been born, the parents can choose how to share the responsibility. In Sweden 2 months are fixed to each parent. Parents get aid from the government for every child, money which the child later gets as long as she or he is studying. In Sweden children move out after high school, either start working to then travel or start studying at the university. In Turkey the age is about 25 while it in Portugal can be up to 30 years. In Bulgaria and Turkey women are in charge of the children, raising them and about their education and other household things.

Interview 1: Man middle aged, Hungarian

In this city kings and queens were crowned, in the Orb building. For a long time the city was the capital of Hungary. The statue of Kafi Nemi was a real woman selling fruits and more in the streets. It represents the tradition of the markets in the city. In this way the women were able to show their products in the markets. I still remember that when I was a child I have seen these market-women were similar with similar clothes to the ones on the statue of Kafi Nemi.

Interview 2: Student 22 years, Hungarian

Unfortunately ecological thinking is not typical in my country. The people are rarely thinking about ecology. In my hometown more people separate their garbage but it is more difficult in the villages. In school the teaching about ecology varies, I think the teachers teach this in primary school but not in high school.

It was my great pleasure to come to know you all!

All the best to you!

Have FUN

http://aztadom.co/fun/3327844

Gabi

Pictures about how we desvocered this beautiful city

After we arrived to the city center, we went to the yard of the Pelikan Gallery and we began to plan our tour:

So we began to find the selected objects and buildings; first we arrived to the front of the clock-play. We were lucky, because it was 11 AM and we had the opportunity to hear sound of the bells:

We had the task to think about what king of figure would people put to the clock-play in our village; 

Our next stop it was the Saint Anna Chapel, which was built around 1470. Here we spoke about the oldest monuments of our home village.

 Not far from here we found the very famous statue of Kati néni, who was a well-known and loved market-woman in this city; You have to know, that if you touch her nose, you will be lucky... that's why her nose is so shiny :) You can read the story about this woman in the blog.

Close to this place some of us bought ice-cream or limonade. After that we found the turkish bath:

 Very close to turkish bath we found the next point, the house with the "special" balcony; but near was an interesting sculpture also:

We visited a church also and after that we found this clown who is famous because he is saying all the time the truth about everybody:

Very close was a park with ruins:

and from here we joined one of the other group and we went together to the statue of Ferenc Wathay:

the clock of flowers:

the "hidden" statue... finally created by us:

and the sculpture of Mathias, king of justice (on the first picture)

Thank you for this opportunity!!!

Interview with a man from Székesfehérvár about the story of Kati néni

"Not too far from here, near the gate a marketplace has been there for centuries, where the old market-women were selling not only the crude goods, but also great home cooked food, which they put in big pans and pushed up here in a baby carriage and they were selling it, like they did in steak-houses (lacikonyha). Kati néni did in the very same way; she was called „fertályos” (quarter) woman, because she was cooking duck very deliciously and she was cutting it in four pieces and selling it in this way. When the market closed, she contuinued selling her products right here, in this place and she became the favorite of the city, so the city set up a statue of her. She still serves the city, because if you  touch her nose, she brings you luck. "

Here is the video with the very kind man who was telling us the story:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GjymqoZ2eHY

Here is a video, where you can see that local people are used to touch the nose of Kati néni for their luck:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6crfMiH6_hw

Intercultural topic: music, literature, theater, film, fine art

In Portugal, people listen to fado music, that is the most popular traditional music genre. Fado was enlisted in the Unesco intangible cultural heritage list.

In Italy, one of the most famous songs is “Val pensiero”, by Verdi. Italy has many sculptural and architectural works, such as David (by Michelangelo). One famous painting, internationally known, is “Gioconda” by Da Vinci.

Spain is famous for its music, the flamenco. The classical flamenco has transformed into a new style, the mestizase or flamenco fusion. The pioneers are the Amador’s Brothers and now the most famous groups are the Delincuentes. The mestizase has influences from various types of music, like Cuban, Latin and Raggae music, for example.

In Turkey, the old architecture is represented by remnants of the Ottoman Empire buildings and mosques – Sultanahmet, the Bogaz ici Bridge, the Galata Tower. Turkey also has vestiges from the times of Antiquity, such as Efes Theatre. There is a popular traditional dance performed by men, spinning around and holding their hands up – it is called “semazen”.

Romanian music has been marked by George Enescu, a 19^th century composer, musician.  Traditional music is generally based on violin and flute. A renowned flute master is Gheorghe Zamfir, the so-called “king of the pan flute”.

Sweden is mostly known for its Viking heritage. Nowadays, what is popular is the Swedish pop culture, which has marked the international music scene. Bands like Abba, Roxette, Robyn, Swedish House Mafia and others more are now internationally known. The film industry is also quite strong, with personalities like Ingrid Bergman (actress who starred in Casablanca), her father, Ingmar Bergman (film director).

In Bulgaria, Balkanik music is widely listened to. A national version of it is best represented by Valya Balkanska, a very famous Bulgarian singer. 

Historical topic: Ferenc Wathay castle warden

In 1602 Ferenc Wathay he became the vice-captain of Székesfehérvár. One year later he was captured by the Ottomans and during his captivity he wrote many literary and historical works: the so-called Wathay-codex, 28 songbooks with religious and romantic subjects and autobiography also. The codex was decorated with colored paintings he made himself.