Pro Patria
Original function:
statue / memorial / relief
Current function:
statue / memorial / relief
Historical Hungarian county:
Krassó-Szörény
GPS coordinates:
45.4113624405, 22.2169057557
History
It is a Pro Patria memorial to the mostly Vlach ethnic former students of the lyceum, who died in the First World War for their country. It was inaugurated in 1918, before the Romanian occupation, at the time of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. It was created by Horvay János, a sculptor from Budapest. Hornay János's full-length statue of Queen Elisabeth (Sissi), which was also erected in 1918 in Karánsebes, was destroyed shortly afterwards by the occupying Romanians.
Romania's first attempt to conquer Transylvania in 1916 failed shamefully, resulting in the occupation of Bucharest and the signing of a peace treaty. The second attempt, launched in 1918 after the Monarchy had already signed the armistice with the Entente Powers, was sorrowfully successful, as they only had to invade a defenseless country.
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