Memorial to the Székely Martyrs
Memorial to the Székely Martyrs
Sie, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Original function:
statue / memorial / relief
Current function:
statue / memorial / relief
Address:
Strada Secuilor Martiri (Székely mártírok útja)
Historical Hungarian county:
Maros-Torda
GPS coordinates:
46.5556565093, 24.5770040851
History
The monument commemorates the Székely martyrs of the anti-Habsburg Makk conspiracy (Primor Gálfi Mihály of Martonos, Török János of Bágy, Horváth Károly of Nagyvárad) executed in Maroevásárhely on 10 March 1854. The sculpture was commissioned to the sculptor Aradi Zsigmond on 10 August 1873 and unveiled on 27 June 1875. The obelisk, erected by public donation on the site of the execution, is a 6 metre high granite column with a reclining lion wounded by an arrow on its base holding the national flag between its front legs, and the Hungarian coat of arms on two crossed swords below. Since 1875, 15 March ceremonies and commemorations (Hungarian Revolution) have been held here. Since 2012, on the anniversary of the execution, the Day of Székely Freedom has been celebrated at the monument. Miraculously, this Hungarian memorial was not torn down by the Romanian invaders in 1919.
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