Heroes' Square Corinthian Column - Budapest, Hungary
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marcius
N 47° 30.900 E 019° 04.685
34T E 355297 N 5264186
In the middle of Heroes' square stands a 36 metres high corinthian column.
Waymark Code: WMJ52B
Location: Budapest, Hungary
Date Posted: 09/25/2013
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Top of the column is a statue of the archangel Gabriel. In his right hand the angel holds the Holy Crown of St. Stephen (Istvan), the first king of Hungary. In his left hand the angel holds a two barred apostolic cross, a symbol awarded to St. Stephen by the Pope in recognition of his efforts to convert Hungary to Christianity. In Hungarian it is referred to as the double cross or the apostolic double cross.
At the base of the column is a group of seven mounted figures representing the Magyar chieftains who led the Hungarian people into the Carpathian basin. In the front is Árpád, considered the founder of the Hungarian nation. Behind him are the chieftains Elod, Ond, Kond, Tas, Huba, and Töhötöm (Tétény). Little survives in the historical record about these individuals and both their costumes and their horses are considered to be more fanciful than historically accurate.