Millennium Monument, Monument in Heroes' Square, Budapest, Hungary
The Millennium Monument is a monument on Heroes' Square in Budapest featuring a 36-meter column with the Archangel Gabriel at the top. Two semicircular colonnades frame the column and hold seven bronze figures each from different periods of Hungarian history.
Construction began in 1896 for the millennium of the Hungarian conquest, but delays pushed completion to 1906. The Habsburg rulers' statues were removed only after World War II, by the 1950s, and replaced with leaders of Hungarian freedom struggles. The monument and the Memorial Stone of Heroes were fully reconstructed in 2000–2001 and reopened on 18 August 2001.
The seven equestrian statues at the base of the column depict the tribal chiefs who settled Hungary over a thousand years ago. Visitors often see wreaths laid at the pedestals during national celebrations.
The square sits at the end of Andrássy Avenue and can be reached on foot or by metro. The bronze figures and reliefs are easiest to view in daylight when the details are clearly visible.
The sculptures in the colonnades originally featured rulers of the Habsburg dynasty but were replaced after 1945 with Hungarian princes and freedom fighters. The angel atop the column holds the Hungarian crown and a double cross, two symbols of royal power.
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