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Námestie M.R. Štefánika - M.R. Štefánik tér

Milan Ratislav Štefánik

Košariská 1880 - Ivanka pri Dunaji 1919 in air crash
Slovak politician, diplomat, and astronomer.
General of the French Army and Czechoslovak Minister of War
(Wikipedia)

Otakar Španiel
1930

Komárno - Komárom / Milan Ratislav Štefánik

Description

Bronze statue of Štefánik als an older man with scroll and saber.

Inscription(s)

generál Dr.
M.R. ŠTEFANIK

Signed: o. španiel

Annotation

The statue stood at various places in Komárno, since 1990 at the present location.

Sculptor

Otakar Španiel (Jaromĕř 1881 - Prague 1955), Czech sculptor (Wikipedia).

Sources & Information

Köztérkép.
Databank of Hungarians in Slovakia, Research on usage of Hungarian language in Southern Slovakia.

Locatie (N 47°45'37" - E 18°7'36") (Satellite view: Google Maps)

Item Code: skni005; Photograph: 5 September 2012
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