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II. Rákóczi Ferenc

Francis II Rákóczi

Borsi 1676 - Tekirdağ, Ottoman Empire 1735
Leader of the Hungarian uprising against the Habsburgs in 1703-11 as the prince (fejedelem) of the Estates Confederated for Liberty of the Kingdom of Hungary
(Wikipedia)

Pásztor János
1937

Description

6 m tall bronze equestrian statue of Rákóczi on a prancing horse, standin on a 4.7 m base of Swedish granite.

Inscription(s)

[coat of arms] RÁKÓCZI	RECRVDESCVNT DIVTINA INCLYTÆ GENTIS HUNGARÆ VULNERA.	CVM DEO PRO PATRIA ET LIBERTATE	HALÁLÁNAK KÉTSZÁZADIK ÉVFORDULÓJÁN ÁLLÍTOTTA A MAGYAR NEMZET 1935.
RÁKÓCZI	...	With God for Fatherland and Freedom	For the two-hundredth anniversary erected by the Hungarian nation 1935.

Signed: pasztor j.
pásztor jános szobrászművész györgyi dénes műépítesz (Pásztor János, sculptor; Györgyi Dénes, architect)

Annotation

Erected on the occasion of the 200th anniversary of Rákóczi's death.

Sculptor

Pásztor János (Gyoma 1881 - Budapest 1945), Hungarian sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Köztérkép.
Kees van Tilburg, From Marcus Aurelius to Kim Jong-il: The story of equestrian statues throughout the ages (Amstelveen, 2017). – see also the Equestrian statue website.

Locatie (N 47°30'22" - E 19°2'50") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: hubp019; Photograph: 7 September 2012
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