The Royal Hungarian Ludovica Defense Academy, shortened to Ludovica or Ludovica Academy, was Hungary's officer cadets training institute prior to 1945. The main edifice of the academy was erected in 1836 at the Ludovica Garden, in Budapest's centrally located VIIIth district. The building was designed by Mihály Pollack in the classical style.
Main building of Ludovica Military Academy (1913)
Main building of Ludovica Military Academy (2007)
The academy from the direction of the Orczy gardens [hu] (2007)
The inscription on the base of the sculpture, located behind the academy, reads: The Ludovica name proclaims the memory of our devotion to the nation
Maria Ludovika of Austria-Este
Maria Ludovika Beatrix of Austria-Este, also known as Maria Ludovika of Modena, was Empress of Austria as the third wife of Emperor Francis I from their marriage on 6 January 1808 until her death in 1816. She was the daughter of Archduke Ferdinand of Austria-Este (1754–1806) and his wife, Maria Beatrice Ricciarda d'Este (1750–1829). She was a member of the House of Austria-Este, a branch of the House of Habsburg-Lorraine.
Portrait by Johann Baptist von Lampi the Elder, 19th-century
Empress Maria Ludovika, with three of her stepchildren: Ferdinand, Maria Leopoldina and Franz Karl
Monument to Empress Maria Ludovika in Budapest
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