Minerva and Vulcanus with their followers:) The theme day is about statues within the city daily photoblog family. This photo is a little detail of István Széchenyi’s statue at the Roosevelt square in Budapest.
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I have no idea how to say the name of this church in English. Anyway this one is the oldest church in Pest, built in the XIIth Century. The sculptures are St. Kinga and St Hedvig.
The statue of William Shakespeare in Budapest. You can find it by walking along the Danube Bank on the Pest side.
The statue of Gábor Szarvas is located at the Chain Bridge, right in front of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences. He was a member of the academy dealing with linguistic in the XIXth century.
The first time when I arrived in Budapest, Zsolt and I was there. He asked me to make a guess if this statue is a ‘he’ or a ‘she’. Looking at this little child sitting on the tram’s fence with a jester’s hat, I guessed it wrong since at that time I still can’t read Hungarian.
This little princess (Kiskiralylany in Hungarian) is a statue created by Laslo Morton. It is very close to the chain bridge and in front of the Buda castle but on the pest side. Those who have been here will sure to know who is she :)
The statue of Ferenc Liszt is located on the square that was named after him.
Franz Liszt (October 22, 1811 – July 31, 1886) was a Hungarian composer, virtuoso pianist and teacher. He was also the father-in-law of Richard Wagner.
Liszt became renowned throughout Europe during the 19th century for his great skill as a performer. He was said by his contemporaries to have been the most technically advanced pianist of his age and perhaps the greatest pianist of all time. He was also an important and influential composer, a notable piano teacher, a conductor who contributed significantly to the modern development of the art, and a benefactor to other composers and performers, notably Richard Wagner, Hector Berlioz, Camille Saint-Saëns, Edvard Grieg and Alexander Borodin. (source: wikipedia)
If you are here in Budapest, one of the must see is the Buda Castle which was built on the southern tip of Castle Hill. It is next to the old Castle District (Hun: Várnegyed), which is famous for its medieval, Baroque and 19th century houses and public buildings. This special lady statue sits right at a corner of the building.
You can find it at: 1014 Budapest, District I, Szentháromság tér
Zichy Nándor (1829-1911) Hungarian aristocrat, politician. His statue is in the VIIIth district of Budapest at the Lőrincz Pap square. The statue was made by Antal Orbán in 1930.
Raoul Wallenberg (August 4, 1912 – July 17, 1947?) was a Swedish humanitarian who worked in Budapest, Hungary, during World War II to rescue Jews from the Holocaust. Between July and December 1944, he issued protective passports and housed Jews, saving tens of thousands of Jewish lives.
His death has long been a source of dispute with the former Soviet Union denying knowledge of Wallenberg’s fate. On January 17, 1945, he was arrested in Budapest by the Soviets after they wrested control of the city from the Germans, and was reported to have died in March. In 1957, the Soviets claimed that Wallenberg had actually died of a heart attack in 1947 at the age of 35. There had been reports, however, from prisoners in the same facility, that he was seen alive long past 1947. In 1991, Vyacheslav Nikonov was assigned by the Russian government to find out the truth; he concluded that Wallenberg did indeed die in 1947, executed while a prisoner at Lubyanka. (source: wikipedia)
The statue is in the IInd district of Budapest.
Bálint Balassi baron of Kékkő and Gyarmat, (20 October 1554, Zólyom – 30 May 1594, Esztergom), was a Hungarian Renaissance lyric poet, who wrote mostly in Hungarian, but also in Turkish. He is the founder of modern Hungarian lyric poetry.
I’ve blogged about the umbrella ladies before. It was a very foggy time when I first been to the Obuda.
It is the 3rd district in Budapest and if you were to compare, you’ll notice the flowers are different as compared to the previous. I love the mood of this place! Especially now that it’s Autumn…