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Kovács Béla

(Patacs 1908 - Pécs, 1959)
Hungarian politician, Minister of Agriculture, 1945-46 and in the Hungarian Revolution of 1956
(Wikipedia)

Kligl Sándor
2002

Description

Bronze statue of Kovács, leaning on a railing on a Carrara marble platform draped with white veil.

Inscription(s)

KOVÁCS BÉLA

1908 - 1959

a szovjet hatóságok által ártatlanul elhurcolt államférfi
állíttatta az emlékbizottság a nemzeti kulturális örokség minisztériumának támogatásával
a kommunista diktatúrák áldozatainak emléknap an, 2002. február 25-én

The Soviet authorities deported this innocent statesman
Memorial erected with support of the Ministry of Cultural Heritage
Victims of the communist dictatorship Memorial Day, 25 February 2002

Signed: kligl sándor / szobrászművész / 2002

Artist

Kligl Sándor (Mosonmagyaróvár 1945), Hungarian sculptor (Website).

Sources & Information

Köztérkép.

Location (N 47°30'18" - E 19°2'44") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: hubp021; Photograph: 7 September 2012
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