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Szent István tér

Szent István király

Saint Stephen I of Hungary

Esztergom 967-75 - Esztergom or Székesfehérvár 1038
Grand Prince of the Hungarians (997-1000) and the first King of Hungary (1000-1038)
(Wikipedia)

Sidló Ferenc
Szili István (Budapest)
1938

Description

Bronze equestrian statue on a pedestal of black Swedish granite.

Inscription(s)

SZENT ISTVÁN

Signed: Sidló 1938

Annotation

Unveiled 18 August 1938. For political reasons is in 1970 the inscription "István király" (King Stephen) altered in "Szent István" (Saint Stephen).

Sculptor

Sidló Ferenc (Budapest 1888 - Budapest 1954), Hungarian sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Köztérkép.
Wikipedia, Székesfehérvár.
Kees van Tilburg, From Marcus Aurelius to Kim Jong-il: The story of equestrian statues throughout the ages (Amstelveen, 2017). – see also the Equestrian statue website.

Locatie (N 47°11'19" - E 18°24'43") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: hufe001; Photograph: 8 September 2012
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