Showing posts with label Budapest - Vintage. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Budapest - Vintage. Show all posts
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Monday, July 11, 2011
Heroes' Square Budapest
The most spectacular square in the capital, Heroes' Square is located at the entrance to City Park. The central site of the Hero's square, as well as a landmark of Budapest, is the Millennium Monument. The construction of the Monument started when the one thousand-th anniversary was celebrated (in 1896), but it was finished only in 1900, and the square got its name then.
When the Monument was originally constructed, Hungary was a part of the Austrian Empire and thus the last five spaces for statues on the left of the colonnade were reserved for members of the ruling Habsburg dynasty. From left to right these were: Ferdinand I (relief: Defense of the Castle at Eger); Leopold I (relief: Eugene of Savoy defeats the Turks at Zenta), Charles III, Maria Theresa (relief: The Hungarian Diet votes support "vitam et sanguinem") and Franz Joseph (relief: Franz Joseph crowned by Gyula Andrássy) The monument was damaged in World War II and when it was rebuilt the Habsburgs were replaced by the current figures.
When the Monument was originally constructed, Hungary was a part of the Austrian Empire and thus the last five spaces for statues on the left of the colonnade were reserved for members of the ruling Habsburg dynasty. From left to right these were: Ferdinand I (relief: Defense of the Castle at Eger); Leopold I (relief: Eugene of Savoy defeats the Turks at Zenta), Charles III, Maria Theresa (relief: The Hungarian Diet votes support "vitam et sanguinem") and Franz Joseph (relief: Franz Joseph crowned by Gyula Andrássy) The monument was damaged in World War II and when it was rebuilt the Habsburgs were replaced by the current figures.
Wednesday, July 6, 2011
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