Kossuth Memorial, Bronze monument at Kossuth Square in Budapest, Hungary.
The Kossuth Memorial is a bronze sculptural group on Kossuth Square in Budapest, showing Lajos Kossuth, leader of the 1848 Hungarian freedom struggle, as the central figure surrounded by six other statues. The figures represent key political figures from that revolutionary period and together form a semicircular arrangement in front of the Hungarian Parliament.
The first monument on the square was unveiled in 1927 and showed Kossuth in a triumphant pose. In the 1950s it was replaced by a new version depicting him in a more sorrowful stance, and after 1989 the decision was made to restore the 1927 design, a process completed in 2014.
Kossuth Square becomes a gathering point during national holidays, especially on March 15, the Hungarian national day. On that day, people come together around the memorial to mark the events of 1848.
The memorial stands directly in front of the Hungarian Parliament and is easy to reach on foot from the Kossuth Lajos ter metro station. It is freely accessible at any hour and pairs well with a visit to the Parliament building or a walk along the Danube.
The sculptor of the 1927 original, János Horvay, portrayed Kossuth with a raised hand as a call to resistance. The 1950s version instead showed him with a bowed head, reflecting the communist reading of that history.
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