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Bust of Csiky Gergely

Bust of Csiky Gergely
Original function:
statue / memorial / relief
Current function:
destroyed
Settlement:
Arad, Arad
Address:
Bd. Revolutiei
Historical Hungarian county:
Arad
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
46.1778587919, 21.319370003
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History

Philipp István's sculpture was erected in 1912 in the small park in front of the Reformed Church, right next to the statue of Fábián Gábor. On 25 October 1934, the statue was knocked down by unknown assailants (i.e. coward Romanian nationalists). The damaged statue was kept in the warehouse of the Arad Museum. The possibility of re-installing the statue at the secondary school named after Csiky Gergely was raised, but in the end it was Kocsis Rudolf's work that was unveiled in the school corridor. Csiky Gergely (1842-1891) was a Hungarian playwright and literary translator.

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