In a park at the Piata Libertatii (Freedom Square) is a memorial for Imre
Szacsvay. Below the bronze statue is a life-size statue of a lion. The stone
statue shows the strong muscles of the animal and the lion is holding his head
up with a lot of pride. The memorial was created by Ede Margó in 1907. In 1937
the memorial was dismantled, because rumors said, that the Romanian authorities
wanted to remove it entirely.It was then stored in a museum and in 1942, it was
decided to erect it again on the spot where it is standing today.
Imre Szacsvay was a Hungarian politician who was a member of parliament
for Váradolaszi and Újváros and drafted and signed the declaration of
independence in 1848. In 1849 he was executed.