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István Pajor memorial plaque

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István Pajor (Ipolynyék, May 20, 1821 – Balassagyarmat, March 29, 1899) was a royal councilor, president of the county orphanage, lawyer, poet, translator, one of the central figures of the literary life of Nógrád county in the 19th century, one of the founders of the Nógrád Coun... Read More

1848 War Memorial

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The city of Nagyszombat became the scene of a battle during the 1848/49 War of Independence, the details of which are as follows: ; On December 13, 1848, Field Marshal Alfred Windisch-Grätz published his proclamation, in which he announced that the outposts of his army had crosse... Read More

The 1848/49 War Memorial in Léva

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The most brilliant victory of the glorious spring campaign of the Hungarian War of Independence in 1849 was won by the Hungarian army troops led by Generals Klapka and Damjanich at Nagysalló, located about 20 km south of the town of Léva in the Highlands, on April 19, 1849, again... Read More

Olivér Rácz's memorial plaque

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Olivér Rácz was a writer, poet, translator, and politician born on January 21, 1918 in Košice († July 19, 1997 in Bratislava). He started school in Košice, graduated from teacher training in Szeged in 1941, and from teacher training in Bratislava in 1955. He was a high school tea... Read More

World War I and World War II and Holocaust Memorial

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In Párkány, the public monument to the victims of the two world wars (covered with black granite, forming a large gate), inaugurated in 1994, also preserves the memory of the local Jewish victims. ; ; &nbsp, Read More

National flag in the Great Hall

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The marble plaque of the national flag erected in 1939 was made by Sándor Wendl, a stonemason born in 1872 and a local resident (died in 1955), and brought it home to his house after the World War. He kept it until his death, and then his grandson, in memory of his grandfather, e... Read More

Memorial to the First and Second World Wars

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Along the main street, at the corner of Ján Amos Komensky Street and SNP Street, stands the monument to the residents of Nagysalló, Kissalló and Hölvény who fell in World War II. The monument was built on the site of a bombed-out house. The black granite monument consists of thre... Read More

Tinódi Lantos Sebestyén memorial plaque

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The famous Hungarian poet and historical singer of the 15th century, Tinódi Lantos Sebestyén, injured his left arm in the fight against the Turks and was forced to abandon his career as a knight. First, he became the tutor, writing mentor and court lute player of Bálint Török's c... Read More

Statue of Gyula Jakoby

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Gyula Jakoby (Košice, March 28, 1903 – Košice, April 15, 1985), a Hungarian painter born in Košice, is one of the most significant creators of Slovak painting, who is also referred to in art history as the 'Košice hermit'. In 1923, he studied at the Jenő Krón free school in Košic... Read More

A cross for the homeland

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The memorial cross in the park on Heroes' Square was erected in 2004 by the Szüllő Géza Civic Association. Read More