Statue of Liberty Arad
The Arad Statue of Liberty, also known as the Monument of the Martyrs of Arad , is a statue in the Park of Reconciliation ( Parcul Reconcilierii in Romanian ), in the 1st district of Centru of Arad . It was built in honor of the 13 generals, leaders of the Hungarian Revolution of 1848/1849 , who went down in history as the martyrs of Arad . The monument is a symbol of the city.
history
The idea of erecting a monument in honor of the executed generals arose in the first days after the suppressed revolution. In 1873 an invitation to tender took place, for which the sculptor Adolf Huszár was awarded the contract. György Zala continued to work after his death .
On October 6, 1890, the solemn unveiling of the Statue of Liberty took place in memory of the martyrs of Arad . In 1925 the statue was removed from its location by decree 1512/1925 of the government of Ion IC Brătianu on the pretext of being anti-Romanian and temporarily stored in the Arad fortress . The Radu Vasile government issued a decree on September 20, 1999, entrusting the Statue of Liberty to the Franciscan Order for administration . On March 4, 2004, the Adrian Năstase government approved the erection of the statue in the Romanian-Hungarian Park of Reconciliation , which was created especially for this purpose in Piața Pompierilor (Fire Brigade Square). The ceremonial unveiling took place on April 25, 2004 in the presence of Romanian and Hungarian representatives as well as representatives of the European Commission .
description
On the base of the statue are the reliefs of the 13 Hungarian generals who were executed on October 6, 1849. The central figure of the monument is a woman with a laurel wreath as a symbol of freedom. It is surrounded by the four allegories of the War of Independence: the awakening of freedom , the fighting spirit , the willingness to make sacrifices and the dying fighter .
Web links
- glsa.ro , Statuia celor 13 generali provoacă vrajbă între liderii liberali şi cei ai UDMR, accessed on August 30, 2011
Individual evidence
- ^ Books.google.de , Marija Wakounig, Wolfgang Mueller, Michael Portmann : Nation, Nationalities and Nationalism in Eastern Europe.
- ^ Books.google.de , Marija Wakounig, Wolfgang Mueller, Michael Portmann: Nation, Nationalities and Nationalism in Eastern Europe.
- ↑ statuialibertatii-arad.ro ( Memento of the original from August 4, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was automatically inserted and not yet checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , The Statue of Liberty of Arad
Coordinates: 46 ° 10 ′ 14.8 " N , 21 ° 18 ′ 31.1" E