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Boldog Gizella királyné

Blessed Queen Gisela

Blessed Gisela of Hungary (c. 985 - Passau 1065)
first queen consort of Hungary as the spouse of Saint Stephen of Hungary
(Wikipedia)
(Wikipedia)

Nagy Benedek
2001

Description

Bronze statue of Queen Gisella with a deer on a bronze column. At her feet the text boldog / GIZELLA / királyné (The Blessed Queen Gisela), and a sceptre with magyar millennium 2000. On the capital are reliefs showing

a saint and the queen with a church model,
a crucifix, with the text "felemel a foro ószéllel / libbenő testnél / ósido külisege" / t. nagy irén (translation?
a tree with a dove and
some trees.

Above this the text ajánlom e szobrot mór város tiszteletere első királynénk dicsőségere nagy benedek 2001 (I recommend this statue on the town square of Mór in honor of the glorious King, Benedek Nagy, 2001).

Inscription(s)

Annotation

The statue of the Bavarian Queen is a symbol of the peaceful co-existence of the German minority and the Hungarians in Mór.

Sculptor

Nagy Benedek (Illésháza 1941), Hungarian sculptor (Artportal).

Sources & Information

Köztérkép.

Locatie (N 47°22'22" - E 18°12'29") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: hufe032; Photograph: 8 September 2012
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