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Bust of Mikes János

Bust of Mikes János
Original function:
statue / memorial / relief
Current function:
statue / memorial / relief
Church:
Roman Catholic
Address:
Baróti Szabó Dávid utca
Historical Hungarian county:
Udvarhely
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
46.3020533283, 25.2970869562
Google map:

History

Count Mikes János (1876-1945) served a part of his priestly career here in the parish church of St. Nicholas in Székelyudvarhely between 1906 and 1911, he built the Art Nouveau building of the present Tamási Áron High School, and supported culture. His bust was inaugurated on 7 June 2011 and is a copy of the 1937 bust by sculptor Enrico Licari, the original of which is in Szombathely (Hungary).

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