Inverted view of Air in House, after light rain. In case you missed the article about
the wonder of Hungarian courtyards, here it is again....
"In the country's stormy history courtyards have also served as centers of rebellion. After the invention of the vacuum cleaner and the Communist system, grievances (if not rugs) continued to be aired. In fact, Professor Teplan speculates that this architectural device was abandoned during the Communist era precisely to discourage the subversive commerce of ideas.
''The courtyard was an arena of social conflicts,'' he told me. ''The old houses look inside. The new blocks, the housing developments on the outskirts of Budapest, don't look inside - to avoid space where people can gather.''
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