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Lábatlan
Komárom-Esztergom megye

Március 15. tér
(Duna-Ipoly Nemzeti Park)

A Forradalom és Szabadságharc emlékére

Revolution and Freedom Memorial

Király József
1948 (1973)

Lábatlan / A Forradalom és Szabadságharc emlékére

Description

Obelisk on a square foot with on the faces three relief portraits (the fourth face is left blank). The portraits are:

Kossuth Lajos
Lajos Kossuth de Udvard et Kossuthfalva (Monok 1802 - Torino 1894) Hungarian lawyer, journalist, politician and Regent-President of the Kingdom of Hungary during the revolution of 1848-49 (Wikipedia).
Petőfi Sándor
Sándor Petőfi, born Petrovics, (Malý Kereš / Kiskőrös 1823 - Sighișoara / Segesvár 1849)
Hungarian poet and liberal revolutionary (Wikipedia).
Lajos Batthyány
Count Lajos Batthyány de Németújvár (Bratislava 1807 - Pest 1849), first Prime Minister of Hungary, 17 March - 2 October 1848, executed in Pest 6 October 1848 (Wikipedia).

Inscription(s)

1848-1948

éljen a magyar
szabadság
éljen a haza!

állittatta
piszke nagyköszég

1848-1948

Long live Hungary's
Freedom
Long live the homeland

Sculptor

Király József, local stonecutter from Lábatlan.

Sources & Information

Köztérkép.

Locatie (N 47°45'1" - E 18°29'2") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: huke011; Photograph: 6 September 2012
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