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Be a local patriot! The Gellért Campus and the viticulture heritage of Gellért Hill
24 Sep. 2026, 4:00 PM
Professor Emeritus György Bisztray’s local‑history lecture, presented with English subtitles, introduces the past of the Gellért Campus location, the viticulture once flourishing on Gellért Hill, and the ways in which this heritage continues to live on today.
It’s harvest time! The area where the Gellért Campus now stands once hosted a flourishing viticulture and the vibrant community that cultivated it. The vineyards were destroyed by the phylloxera epidemic, yet the street names still preserve this past. We evoke the atmosphere of the harvest with a commemorative lecture, followed by a dance‑house gathering inspired by traditional harvest festivities on the outside terrace of Fresh Corner.
Date: 24 September 2026 16:00—17:00
Venue: Gellért Campus, Room J201
The map of Gellért Hill and Kelenföld from 1873, showing the plots on the hillside used for vine cultivation