Bust of Prince Rákóczi Ferenc II
Bust of Prince Rákóczi Ferenc II
Original function:
statue / memorial / relief
Current function:
statue / memorial / relief
Address:
Bulevardul Cetății (Vár út)
Historical Hungarian county:
Maros-Torda
GPS coordinates:
46.5483907176, 24.5656705687
History
In 2004, a statue of the prince was erected at the western end of the Castle Promenade, near the Rákóczi stairs. It is the work of Pokorny Attila. There was an earlier statue in the town, on the site of the current Petőfi statue, which was destroyed by the Romanian invaders in 1919.
Rákóczi Ferenc II, the leader of the Hungarian War of Independence was proclaimed Prince of Transylvania in Marosvásárhely, and during the dualism (Austro-Hungarian Monarchy) several public places bore Rákóczi's name. In 1907, on the 200th anniversary of his inauguration, a bust of Rákóczi was unveiled in a small park at the intersection of Kossuth Street and Arany János Street (where the Petőfi statue now stands). It was the work of the sculptor Székely Károly from Marosvásárhely, and was based on a depiction of the prince by Mányoki Ádám. In 1919 the occupying Romanians removed this statue, along with the other Hungarian statues.
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