The Heroes'
square
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The Heroes’
square
is one of the most visited sights of the Hungarian capital, it is
situated at in front of the City Park, at
the end of the Andrássy Avenue, one of the most
important streets of Budapest, a World Heritage site. The millenial
monument was built in 1896 to commemorate the 1000th anniversary of the
arrival of Hungarians in the Carpathian Basin. The monument consists of
two semi-circles on the top of which the symbols of
War and Peace, Work and Wellfare, Knowledge and Glory can be seen.
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niches are decorated by the statues of
kings, governors and famous characters of the Hungarian history. At the
foot of each statue a small relief depicts the most important moment of
the life of the personality. |
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In the middle of Heroes' square stands a 36 metres high corinthian
column
with the statue of Archangel Gabriel on the top, the symbol of the
Roman Catholic religion. At the pedestal the equestrian statues
commemorate Árpád and the seven chieftains of the
Hungarian tribes, who settled their people in the present
territory of Hungary. His decendants formed the Hungarian royal dinasty.
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The tomb of
the unknown soldier can also be
found in the square.
At the two
sides the representative
buildings of the Museum of Fine Arts and the Gallery of Art both worth
a visit. Since the last couple of years, the two museums have been
competing for the attention of visitors with high standard temporary
exhibitions, such as Van Gogh, Rembrandt and the collections of Spanish
and French paintings.
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