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Bust of Eötvös József

Bust of Eötvös József
Original function:
statue / memorial / relief
Current function:
statue / memorial / relief
Historical Hungarian county:
Udvarhely
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
46.3053549209, 25.2957192118
Google map:

History

In September 1998, the Agricultural Secondary School (the former Hungarian Royal High School of Sciences) took on the name of Eötvös József in a ceremony. The statue of the eponym, the work of sculptor Bodó Levente, was also unveiled at the same time. Eötvös József was a writer, minister of religion and public education, president of the Hungarian Academy of Sciences and the Kisfaludy Society. The school was founded by his decree in the autumn of 1871.

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