The spring flowers surrounding are blue in the Klauzál square in Budapest. Congratulations to Nani who answered it right to yesterday’s post quiz. Here you can read more about the events leading to this Hungarian Revolution of 1848.
The prime minister of the first responsible Hungarian government, Count Lajos Batthyány, was condemned to death by firing squad by the Austrian powers. Since 1926 an eternal flame has been burning in memory of this martyr at the place of his execution.
The light of the eternal flame is in a crimson glass placed in a 180 centimetre-tall bronze holder that stands on four legs. This is set on a pedestal with three steps.
The assembly of the capital decided to erect an eternal flame memorial in 1905. Móricz Pogány won the tender, but construction was delayed because of World War I. István Lebó, the last living member of the 1948 National Guard, was also present at the unveiling ceremony on 26th October 1926. (source: www.hungarystartshere.com)
Downtown Pest. Here’s where the Carrara marble statue of Mihály Vörösmarty can be found. If you are a tourist visiting during this time, you see it only in this manner. Just because in Winter, this statue is protected in this ‘bubble-like’ special protective material.
Ede Kallós and architect Ede Telcs had their work made from Haraszt quarry limestone blocks. Mihály Vörösmarty is surrounded by figures representing all classes of society: worker with his wife and small son, man wearing traditional ceremonial clothes, woman with a baby in her arms, schoolboy, old peasant, farmer and peasant girl, gentlewoman and grown-up student, shepherd boy, and old woman with her grandchild. If you are curious, click here for the ‘unveiled version‘ :)
My silhouette while I am standing at the 1956 memorial in the Tabán. The photo was taken by Molnár Melitta.
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We celebrate the anniversary of the 1848-49 revolution. This photo was taken at the memorial of Áron Gábor.
Áron Gábor (27 November 1814, Breţcu – 2 July 1849, Chichiş) was a Hungarian artillery officer and national hero of the 1848-49 Hungarian Revolution. Áron Gábor was a revolutionary hero of the Székely people (in Transylvania). He became one of the leaders of Székely-Hungarian forces in Transylvania during the 1848 revolution against the Austrian Empire. He achieved fame and notoriety by successfully producing cannon and gunpowder for the Hungarian forces in Transylvania, as well as, leading the resistance in Háromszék County (today roughly Covasna County, Romania) against imperial troops. He was killed in action in July 1849 while fighting against the Tsarist invading forces.
The entrance of the Vajdahunyad Castle in Budapest. The Castle is in the City Park. It was built between 1896 and 1908, designed by Ignác Alpár.
Previous posts about the Castle:
Péter Mansfeld is one of the most tragic heroes of the Hungarian Revolution and Freedom Fight of 1956. He was a 15 years old pupil when he became active in a civil capacity during the popular uprising, bringing food and water, ensuring the nessecary provisions and delivering messages between the different groups of freedom fighters.
After the bloody crushing of the Revolution, Péter took the adults’ slogan to heart “We begin the fight again on the 15th of March 1957!” Moreover this young boy firmly belived the boradcasted promise that the Hungarians should continue to fight and and the West would come to their aid.
And that aid never came!
Péter was arrested at the tender age of 16, and subsequently condemned to death and executed a few days after his 18th birthday!
(from the signboard of the monument)
