Statue, monument, plaque

Monument to the Saint Ladislaus Division

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The monument was inaugurated on June 28, 2014, in memory of the heroic dead of the Saint Ladislaus Division, which was erected by the Pázmáneum Civic Association and the Historical Order of Saint George in honor of the soldiers of the Saint Ladislaus Division who died a heroic de... Read More

Memorial plaque to the martyrs executed by Caraffa

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The name of Prešov is intertwined with one of the saddest memories of Hungarian history, the cruel massacre of the blood tribunal set up by General Caraffa in 1687. ; The political background of the reprisal was the expansionist intentions of the Habsburg dynasty. The victorious ... Read More

Marian Column

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

On Ferenciek Square, which opens from the main square of the medieval Old Town of Bratislava, directly in front of the main entrance to the church built for the Lutherans and later taken over by the Jesuits, there is a Baroque-style, stone-carved Mary column. ; On the surfaces of... Read More

Roland Fountain

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

In the Middle Ages and later, cities and towns were distinguished from other municipalities by the special rights granted to them. Written records of the privileges and rights expressed in the privileges were kept in archives, city libraries and museums, but they have also surviv... Read More

Statue of Johann Nepomuk Hummel

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The erection of the statue of the famous Bratislava-born composer Johann Nepomuk Hummel (1778-1837) was initiated by the city's Freemasonry lodge, the Silence (Zur Verschwiegenheit), in 1878, on the occasion of the celebrations organized for the centenary of the composer's birth.... Read More

Zacher House memorial plaque

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

In this house lived the head chef Franz Sacher, who was in the service of Rozina Esterházy, with his wife, née Veiniger Rozi. His son, Eduard Sacher, who was born in this house on February 8, 1834, was the founder and owner of the Sacher Hotel in Vienna. ; The memorial plaque was... Read More

Nagysalló Memorial of the War of Independence

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

On April 19, 1849, Damjanich defeated the troops of Lieutenant General Ludwig von Wohlgemuth defending the Nitra line here. ; One of the most significant battles of the Hungarian War of Independence of 1848-49 took place between the Hungarian national guards and the imperial troo... Read More

István Hubik's memorial plaque

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The memorial plaque of István Hubik (1916-1994), born in Garamkövesd, was placed on the wall of the cultural center. ; From 1954, he worked in the Hungarian book publishing house Madách Könyv- és Lapkiadó in Czechoslovakia as an editor, editor-in-chief, and then deputy editor-in-... Read More

Memorial plaques to the heroes of World War I and World War II

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

On the inner left wall of the entrance to the Catholic church, on the marble tablets of World War I, and on the right side, on the marble tablets of World War I and World War II, the names of the heroes of Garamkövesd who fell in the wars were engraved: 34 names from World War I ... Read More

Monument to the Civilian Heroes Who Fell in World War II

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

On the occasion of the 70th anniversary of the end of World War II, the Garamkövesd Municipality erected a monument in honor of the civilian victims of the war in Garamkövesd in June 2015. ; At the inauguration ceremony, Mayor János Elzer said in his speech that their village suf... Read More