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The official study guide our chapters are based on, and every picture, recording, video and map used alongside it, with its author and licence. Everything listed here is on the site: if it has a number, you can go and look at it. Where we changed a file — cropped it, resized it for the web, or traced an outline out of it — that is written down with it.

The numbers work both ways. Every picture, recording, video and map in the material carries its own mark — Picture [7], Music [1] — and the bracketed number opens that entry here.

The course material

Official study guide: Magyar kulturális ismereti vizsga — segédanyag

Hungarian cultural knowledge exam — study guide

Országos Idegenrendészeti Főigazgatóság (oif.gov.hu) · PDF

The official study guide published for the exam. Every chapter on this site follows it — its six topic areas, in its order. Our text restates and explains it; it is not a substitute for reading the original.

Pictures

  1. Picture [1]: The national tricolour of Hungary

    National symbols · chapter_01/flag-of-hungary.svg

    The flag is drawn in code, from this file’s geometry and colours, so that each stripe can name what it stands for.

    SKopp — Flag of Hungary · Public domain (PD-ineligible)

  2. Picture [2]: The complete rendering of the country's coat of arms

    National symbols · chapter_01/coat-of-arms-hungary-full.svg

    Shown as one annotated plate: pointing at a part of the arms — the Holy Crown, either half of the shield, the double cross, the triple mound — draws an arrow to it.

    Tibor Piros (1922–2010); vectorised by Thommy (User:Thommy9) — Coat of arms of Hungary · Public domain (PD-self)The file used here is the vector drawing after Piros’s original.

  3. Picture [3]: The coronation regalia together

    National symbols · chapter_01/coronation-regalia-all.jpg

    Shown as one annotated plate: pointing at one of the five insignia — the Holy Crown, the sceptre, the sword, the mantle, the orb — draws an arrow to it.

    Zairon — Budapest Parlament Innen Kuppelhalle Ungarische Krönungsinsignien · CC BY-SA 3.0Cropped, with the coronation mantle composited into the top-left corner. The derivative is CC BY-SA 4.0.

    Bérczi Szaniszló — Koronázási palást · CC BY-SA 4.0The coronation mantle, inset into the picture above.

  4. Picture [4]: Ferenc Kölcsey's handwritten Himnusz from 1823

    National symbols · chapter_01/kolcsey-himnusz-manuscript-1823.jpg

    Kölcsey Ferenc (1790–1838) — Kölcsey Himnusz kézirat 1823 · Public domain (PD-old)

  5. Picture [5]: A likeness of Mihály Vörösmarty

    National symbols · chapter_01/mihaly-vorosmarty-portrait.jpg

    Barabás Miklós — Barabas-vorosmarty · Public domain (PD-old)

  6. Picture [6]: The memorial of the Conquest at the Verecke Pass

    History · chapter_02/verecke-pass-memorial.jpg

    VargaA — Conquest memorial Verecke 5 · CC BY-SA 4.0

  7. Picture [7]: The equestrian statue of Saint Stephen in Buda Castle

    History · chapter_02/saint-stephen-equestrian-statue-buda.jpg

    Sculptor: Stróbl Alajos; architect: Schulek Frigyes — Szent István Budapest Strobl · Public domain (PD-self)

  8. Picture [8]: Béla IV, the "second founder of the homeland", in a contemporary depiction

    History · chapter_02/bela-iv-litho.jpg

    Unknown — lithograph, Vienna, early 19th century — Bela IV Litho · Public domain (PD-old)Downscaled for the web (1600 px).

  9. Picture [9]: János Hunyadi in the battle of Varna

    History · chapter_02/Janos_Hunyadi_in_the_battle_of_Varna.jpg

    Marastoni József (1834–1895), after Weber Henrik — János Hunyadi in the battle of Varna · Public domain (PD-old)Empty sky cropped from the top; the derivative is public domain too.

  10. Picture [10]: The statue of István Dobó in Eger, commemorating the siege of 1552

    History · chapter_02/dobo-istvan-statue-eger.jpg

    panoramio (statue by Stróbl Alajos, 1907) — Monument Istvan Dobo · CC BY 3.0Downscaled for the web (1600 px); the derivative keeps the same licence.

  11. Picture [11]: The statue of Ferenc Rákóczi II

    History · chapter_02/rakoczi-ferenc-ii-statue.jpg

    hakan kozan — Statue of Francis II Rákóczi in Lipótváros, Budapest, Hungary · CC BY 3.0Downscaled for the web; the derivative keeps the same licence.

  12. Picture [12]: The Chain Bridge

    History · chapter_02/lanchid.jpg

    Adolphe Rouargue (1810–1884), engraved by Eduard Willmann — View of Pest and Buda (today Budapest, Hungary) around 1850 · Public domain (PD-old-100-expired)Downscaled for the web.

  13. Picture [13]: The citizenry of the Reform Era

    History · chapter_02/civilians.jpg

    Unknown — XXXVIII. TÁBLA. Magyar viselet 1825–1849 · Public domain (PD-old)Downscaled for the web.

  14. Picture [14]: A likeness of István Széchenyi

    History · chapter_02/szechenyi-istvan-portrait.jpg

    Barabás Miklós — Gróf Széchenyi István · Public domain (PD-old)

  15. Picture [15]: A likeness of Miklós Wesselényi

    History · chapter_02/Wesselényi_Miklós_Barabás.jpg

    Barabás Miklós (1810–1898) — Wesselényi Miklós · Public domain (PD-old-100-expired)Downscaled for the web.

  16. Picture [16]: The events of March 15, 1848

    History · chapter_02/March15.jpg

    Zichy Mihály (1827–1906) — Sándor Petőfi reciting the Nemzeti dal to the crowd on 15 March 1848 · Public domain (PD-old-100-expired)Downscaled for the web.

  17. Picture [17]: The crowd outside the Landerer and Heckenast printing house, 15 March 1848

    History · chapter_02/marcius-15-landerer-1848.jpg

    Katzler Vince, 1848/1850 — 1848 március 15. – szabad sajtó · Public Domain Mark 1.0Downscaled for the web (1600 px).

  18. Picture [18]: The members of the Batthyány government

    History · chapter_02/batthyany-lajos-government-1848.jpg

    Anonymous — Tyroler Batthyany kormany · Public domain (PD-old)

  19. Picture [19]: A likeness of Artúr Görgei

    History · chapter_02/Görgei_Artúr.jpg

    Barabás Miklós (1810–1898) — Görgey Artúr (1850) · Public domain (PD-Hungary)

  20. Picture [20]: The memorial to the thirteen martyrs of Arad

    History · chapter_02/arad-thirteen-martyrs-1849.jpg

    Unknown — Aradi13 · Public domain (PD-old)

  21. Picture [21]: A likeness of Ferenc Deák

    History · chapter_02/deak-ferenc-portrait.jpg

    Ellinger Ede — Deák Ferenc Ellinger · Public domain (PD-old)

  22. Picture [22]: The assassination in Sarajevo

    History · chapter_02/Sarajevo.jpg

    Achille Beltrame (1871–1945) — The front page of the Domenica del Corriere, showing Gavrilo Princip killing Archduke Franz Ferdinand in Sarajevo · Public domain (PD-old-80-expired)

  23. Picture [23]: The map of the Treaty of Trianon

    History · chapter_02/HungaryTrianon.svg

    Mylittleairpod, after Qorilla (originally uploaded to the English Wikipedia) — HungaryTrianon19101920 · CC0 1.0Saved under a shorter file name; the drawing is unchanged.

  24. Picture [24]: The crossing of the Polish border in 1939

    History · chapter_02/polish_border.jpg

    Hans Sönnke — Danzig Police at Polish Border · Public domain (PD-Poland)Published without a copyright notice before 1994. Downscaled for the web.

  25. Picture [25]: Miklós Horthy and Adolf Hitler in 1938

    History · chapter_02/Miklós_Horthy_and_Adolf_Hitler_1938.jpg

    Photographer unknown; restored and uploaded by Ladislav Luppa — Miklós Horthy and Adolf Hitler, 1938 · CC0 1.0Offered under CC0 and CC BY-SA 3.0 together; taken here under CC0.

  26. Picture [26]: The holed flag of 1956, from which the Rákosi coat of arms was cut out

    History · chapter_02/Color_flag_of_1956.jpg

    Pesti Srác2; cropped and recoloured by Rlevente — Hungarian flags with holes during the 1956 revolution · CC BY-SA 3.0Downscaled for the web (1600 px); the derivative keeps the same licence.

  27. Picture [27]: Heroes' Square on 16 June 1989, at the reburial of the heroes of 1956

    History · chapter_02/hosok-tere-1989-reburial.jpg

    FOTÓ:FORTEPAN / Erdei Katalin — Hősök tere 1989. június 16-án, az 56-os hősök újratemetésekor. Fortepan 2093 · CC BY-SA 3.0Cropped to portrait and downscaled (1600 px); the derivative keeps the same licence.

  28. Picture [28]: Portrait of Janus Pannonius from the Plautus codex

    Literature and music · chapter_03/janus-pannonius-portrait.jpg

    Oxxo — Portrait de Janus Pannonius · CC0 1.0Downscaled for the web.

  29. Picture [29]: Portrait of the poet Miklós Zrínyi

    Literature and music · chapter_03/zrinyi-miklos-portrait.jpg

    Jan Thomas van Ieperen — Jan Thomas Portrait of Miklós Zrínyi · Public domain (PD-old)

  30. Picture [30]: Portrait of Mihály Csokonai Vitéz

    Literature and music · chapter_03/csokonai-vitez-mihaly-portrait.jpg

    Morelli Gusztáv — Csokonai Morelli · Public domain (PD-old)

  31. Picture [31]: Ferenc Kazinczy, leading figure of the Hungarian language reform movement

    Literature and music · chapter_03/kazinczy-ferenc.jpg

    János Donát — Portrait of Ferenc Kazinczy · Public domain (PD-old-100-expired)

  32. Picture [32]: A likeness of Sándor Petőfi in a drawing by Miklós Barabás

    Literature and music · chapter_03/petofi-sandor.jpg

    Barabás Miklós — Barabás Petőfi · Public domain (PD-old)

  33. Picture [33]: A likeness of the poet Attila József

    Literature and music · chapter_03/jozsef-attila.jpg

    Unknown — József Attila magyar költő · Public domain (PD-old)

  34. Picture [34]: The title page of the First Folio, the 1623 collected edition of Shakespeare's plays

    Literature and music · chapter_03/shakespeare_2.jpg

    Martin Droeshout (1601–1650) — Title page of "Mr. William Shakespeare's Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies" · Public domain (PD-old-100-expired)

  35. Picture [35]: A likeness of Ludwig van Beethoven in the painting by Joseph Karl Stieler

    Literature and music · chapter_03/beethoven.jpg

    Joseph Karl Stieler (1781–1858) — Beethoven with the manuscript of the Missa solemnis · Public domain (PD-old-100-expired)

  36. Picture [36]: The Parliament building, where the National Assembly adopted the Fundamental Law

    The Fundamental Law · chapter_04/parliament-south-wing.jpg

    Unknown — West facade of the south wing of the Hungarian Parliament Building · CC0 1.0Downscaled for the web (1600 px).

  37. Picture [37]: The Hungarian Parliament Building in Budapest, seat of the National Assembly

    The Fundamental Law · chapter_04/hungarian-parliament-building.jpg

    granada_turnier — Magyar Parlament 002 - Flickr - granada turnier · CC BY 2.0

  38. Picture [38]: Péter Magyar, Prime Minister of Hungary

    The Fundamental Law · chapter_04/prime-minister-peter-magyar.jpg

    Norbert Banhalmi — Peter-Magyar-portrait-2026 · CC BY-SA 4.0Downscaled for the web (1600 px); the derivative keeps the same licence.

  39. Picture [39]: The Sándor Palace, office of the President of the Republic

    The Fundamental Law · chapter_04/sandor-palace-presidency.jpg

    Perituss — Sándor-palota 2014 · CC0 1.0Downscaled for the web.

  40. Picture [40]: The Declaration of the Rights of Man and of the Citizen, 1789

    Rights and obligations · chapter_05/declaration-rights-of-man-1789.jpg

    Unknown — Déclaration des droits de l'homme et du citoyen · CC0 1.0Downscaled for the web (1600 px).

  41. Picture [41]: A judge's gavel in the courtroom

    Rights and obligations · chapter_05/courtroom-gavel.jpg

    Joe Gratz — Courtroom One Gavel · CC0 1.0

  42. Picture [42]: Vajdahunyad Castle in Budapest's City Park

    Europe and Hungary · chapter_06/vajdahunyad-castle-budapest.jpg

    Dezidor — Vajdahunyad Castle, 2011 Budapešť 0140 · CC BY 3.0

  43. Picture [43]: The flag of the European Union

    Europe and Hungary · chapter_06/flag-of-europe.svg

    Council of Europe — Flag of Europe · Public domain (PD-ineligible)

Music and recordings

  1. Music [1]: The Himnusz — sung recording

    National symbols · audio/himnusz-enekelt.m4a

    Budapesti Palesztrina kórus és a Hangversenyzenekar, B&F Budapest S-508 — 78 rpm disc, digitised by the Internet Archive Great 78 Project · Public domainThe term of protection on the recording has expired. Noise-reduced and normalised for the site.

  2. Music [2]: Ferenc Liszt: Hungarian Rhapsody No. 2

    Literature and music · audio/magyar-rapszodia-2-liszt.mp3

    Wikimedia Commons — Hungarian Rhapsody No 2 · Public domain

  3. Music [3]: Ode to Joy — the fourth movement of Beethoven's Symphony No. 9

    Literature and music · audio/oromoda-beethoven-ix-szimfonia.mp3

    Raul654 — Ode to Joy · Public domain

  4. Music [4]: The overture of The Magic Flute

    Literature and music · audio/varazsfuvola-nyitany-mozart.mp3

    Fricsay Ferenc, 1953 — W. A. Mozart — Die Zauberflöte — 01. Ouvertüre · Public domain

  5. Music [5]: Swan Lake — Scène

    Literature and music · audio/hattyuk-tava-scene-csajkovszkij.mp3

    Wikimedia Commons — Tchaikovsky Swan Lake Op.20 No.10. Scène · Public domain

Video

  1. Video [1]: The coronation cities on the map of the Kingdom of Hungary

    National symbols · chapter_01/koronazo-varosok.mp4

    Made for this site with Claude — A koronázó városok a Magyar Királyság térképénAn AI-generated animation, not a third-party work — there is no external rights holder to credit. Cleaned up afterwards for the site.

Interactive maps

These are drawn from coordinates rather than shown as pictures, but the outlines were traced from the files below.

  1. Map [1]: The interactive map of the Hungarian counties

    Europe and Hungary · src/data/hungaryCounties.js

    PM — HU counties blank · Public domain

  2. Map [2]: The county borders, cross-checked

    Europe and Hungary · src/data/hungaryCounties.js

    Bordakm — Counties of Hungary 2020 · CC BY-SA 4.0

  3. Map [3]: The interactive map of the European Union member states

    Europe and Hungary · src/data/euMemberStates.js

    maix — Blank map of Europe (with disputed regions) · CC BY-SA 3.0

  4. Map [4]: The map of Hungary — the outlines of Lake Balaton and Lake Fertő

    Europe and Hungary · src/data/hungaryGeography.js

    NordNordWest — Hungary location map · CC BY-SA 3.0The lake outlines were recomputed onto the coordinates of the country map; the derived geometry keeps the same licence.

  5. Map [5]: The map of Budapest — the districts and the Danube

    Europe and Hungary · src/data/budapestGeography.js

    Ludo — Map budapest districts-and-neighbourhoods · CC BY-SA 4.0The drawing was fitted to real coordinates and cropped to the inner city; the derived geometry keeps the same licence.

The site itself

  1. Item [1]: The photograph of the two of us at the top of the About us page

    About us · src/assets/us_mexico.jpg (+ .webp)

    Kata and Mario · Our own photograph

  2. Item [2]: The photograph of Moira on the About us page

    About us · src/assets/moira_mexico.jpg (+ .webp)

    Kata and Mario · Our own photograph

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