Statue, monument, plaque

Imre Madách's memorial plaque

Statue, monument, plaque

He was born here on January 21, 1823, and died here on October 5, 1864. Between 1858 and 1861, Imre Madách wrote his immortal work The Tragedy of Man here, and the memorial plaque was erected by the Csemads and the Palóc Society. Read More

Zichy Obelisk

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The owner and most important owner of Oroszvár between 1646 and 1872 was the Zichy family. In the center of the town, on the small square next to the main road, in the park, stands a simple but beautifully designed obelisk. The pedestal is decorated with the Zichy coat of arms. O... Read More

Memorial plaque of Lajos Pósa

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On July 1, 1934, the bust of Lajos Pósa, the creator of Hungarian children's literature, was unveiled in his native village, Nemesradnót. This was the first Hungarian statue unveiling in what was then Czechoslovakia. The then school principal, Lajos Bodon, initiated the collectio... Read More

Statue of Lajos Pósa

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Lajos Pósa (1850-1914) was a writer, journalist, and newspaper editor born in Nemesradnót, a small village in Balog Valley, near Rimaszombat. He published more than fifty volumes of children's poems and about 800 children's song lyrics. Several hundred of the latter were set to m... Read More

Memorial plaque of Miklós Radnóti

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The poet himself visited the village in 1941, and took his name from the settlement. A memorial plaque was unveiled at his parents' residence in 2004, on Holocaust Remembrance Day. Jónás Glatter, Radnóti's grandfather, is buried in the nearby Rimaszécs cemetery. Read More

Statue of Miklós Radnóti

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On May 21, 2006, in the late afternoon, the first Slovak statue of Miklós Radnóti was unveiled in the birthplace of the poet's ancestors, Nemesradnót, in the village of Gömör from which the poet took his name. The work is the work of sculptor Lajos Győrfi and bronze caster Imre V... Read More

Memorial plaque of Sándor Petőfi

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He was named by grateful posterity in 1967 as the poet who was staying in Királyhelmec on July 10, 1847. His full-length bronze statue stands in front of the City Hall. Read More

Memorial plaque to the participants of the Hungarian Soviet Republic

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A memorial plaque was erected in memory of five participants in the Hungarian Soviet Republic, the Spanish War of Independence and the Dukla Liberation Struggle, which is located to the right of a female figure next to the entrance to the cultural center. To the left of the femal... Read More

Commemorative plaque for the 100th anniversary of the Bodrogközi Economic Railway

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The 100th anniversary of the launch of the Bodrogközi Economic Railway was commemorated with a lecture and the unveiling of a commemorative plaque on August 2, 2013 in Királyhelmec from 3 p.m. At the event, retired MÁV chief engineer Péter Parragh gave a lecture entitled “The His... Read More

Statue of Georg Raphael Donner

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In the list of Bratislava statues, G. Schwianter is named as the creator and Hegedus, Kulcsár and Caissera as co-authors. ; On the left side of the stairs leading from the small square to the St. Martin's Cathedral stands the bust of the sculptor Georg Raphael Donner (1693-1741).... Read More