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Heroes Square (Hosok tere)

TIME : 2016/2/22 11:27:38
Heroes' Square (Hosok tere)

Heroes' Square (Hosok tere)

At the entrance to Budapest's City Park, Heroes' Square (or Hősök tere) features an impressive semi-circular sweep of columns and statues and a cenotaph honoring the fallen of the 1956 uprising. On either side of the square are the Museum of Fine Art and the Exhibition Hall, which now shows contemporary art.

At the peak of the semi-circle is a statue of the Angel Gabriel bestowing the Hungarian Crown on St. Stephen. Lower down is a rugged band of chieftans on horses with antler bridles - this is Árpád and other leaders from an early Magyar civilization.

Other statues represent various leaders and statesman as well as abstract values like war and peace.