Statue of Kossuth Lajos
Original function:
statue / memorial / relief
Current function:
destroyed
Historical Hungarian county:
Szatmár
GPS coordinates:
47.6891175247, 22.4621704529
History
The statue made by sculptor Kallós Ede was unveiled in 1908 on the former Elisabeth Square. Its erection was initiated by the Kölcsey Association of Nagykároly. The monumental statue was 9.5 metres high, of which the bronze figure of Kossuth Lajos was 2 metres tall. Kossuth Lajos was the political leader of the Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence in 1848-1849.
After the Romanian occupation, the statue was torn down under the cover of night on 25 March 1921. The mayor had it restored at the time. In 1932, unknown persons used a hacksaw to cut off the head of the statue, which was then stored in the unlocked barn of the town hall. In 1933, nine vandals used pickaxes to smash the statue's still-standing pedestal. Most Hungarian statues in Transylvania suffered a similar fate after the Romanian occupation.
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