Statue of Kossuth Lajos
Original function:
statue / memorial / relief
Current function:
destroyed
Address:
Bulevardul Revoluției
Historical Hungarian county:
Arad
GPS coordinates:
46.1762264772, 21.31853473
History
The statue of the political leader of the Hungarian War of Independence was inaugurated on 19 September 1909 on the former Archduke Joseph Road. In 1919, following the Romanian occupation of Arad, the Romanian authorities initiated the removal of the statue, but abandoned their plans in the face of protests from the population. In the early hours of 9 March 1921, unknown assailants (i.e. coward Romanians) knocked down the side figures of the monument, and the authorities boarded up the statue. On 27 July 1925, demolition began. Its pieces were taken with the Statue of Liberty to a riding hall and later to an empty lot next to a sports field. From there, the Statue of Liberty was transported to the casemates of the Arad Castle, while the bronze figures of the Statue of Kossuth disappeared without a trace.
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