Hősök tere (Heroes' Square) 14th district
1 Reviews
First reviewed by New York Palace Budapest
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“Budapest's grandest square closes off Andrássy út, and the City Park is right behind it. The square forms a splendid unity of a monument and two Eclectic style buildings, the Museum of Fine Arts and the Art Gallery.The Millennium Monument was erected on the 1000th anniversary of the Magyar settlement. In the focus of the semicircular colonnade stands the bronze statue of Archangel Gabriel on a 36 meter high column, which was awarded Grand Prix at the Paris World Exposition in 1900. The statues depict the most remarkable personalities of Hungarian history. In the middle of the square is the Monument Of National Heroes (Tomb of the Unknown Soldier). Several memorable events were held on the square: the Eucharist World Congress (1938), the service before the re-burial of Prime Minister Imre Nagy and the other martyrs (1989), a holy mass by Pope John Paul II (1991).”
