Equestrian Statue of Avram Iancu
Equestrian Statue of Avram Iancu
Original function:
statue / memorial / relief
Current function:
statue / memorial / relief
Address:
Piața Teatrului (egykori Széchenyi tér)
Historical Hungarian county:
Maros-Torda
GPS coordinates:
46.5455140186, 24.5625055676
History
Avram Iancu began his activities in 1848 in Marosvásárhely and became the military leader of the Vlach rebels, who murdered thousands of innocent Hungarian civilians in a bestial manner, depopulating entire villages, taking advantage of the fact that the Hungarian soldiers were busy liberating Transylvania from Austrian rule.
The first double life-size bronze statue of the Vlach mass murderer was created by Ion Dimitriu-Bârlad after the Romanian occupation of Transylvania, and was unveiled in 1930 in a provocative manner at the south-western end of the main square of the Hungarian-inhabited town. After the Second Vienna Award, the leaving invaders moved it to Topánfalva, where it still stands today. Unfortunately Romanian authorities returned to Transylvania with the Red Plague, and in 1978 a new stone statue of Iancu was erected in the Main Square (the creation of Bucharest sculptor Florin Codre), this time in the north-eastern part of the square, in front of the Orthodox Cathedral. The choice of location is ideal, as during the 1848-49 Hungarian War of Independence, Orthodox priests were also inciting the Vlach mob to exterminate the Hungarians. The site was previously occupied by a fountain decorated with statues of peace.
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