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Statue of Life

Statue of Life
Original function:
statue / memorial / relief
Current function:
statue / memorial / relief
Address:
Városháza tér
Historical Hungarian county:
Udvarhely
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
46.3041743117, 25.294180171
Google map:

History

The monument was inaugurated on the 51st anniversary of the 1956 anti-communist Hungarian revolution. The monument consists of several parts: the statue of Christ is the work of Melocco Miklós, the statue of Mary is the work of Györfi Sándor, and the stone composition connecting the two is the work of Máthé Lóránt Pál. The architect-designer of the sculpture group is Györfi Balázs.

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