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Statue of Orbán Balázs

Statue of Orbán Balázs
The statue of Orbán Balázs in Székelyudvarhely
Kulja, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons
Original function:
statue / memorial / relief
Current function:
statue / memorial / relief
Address:
Városháza tér
Historical Hungarian county:
Udvarhely
Country:
Romania
GPS coordinates:
46.3036373043, 25.295135505
Google map:

History

Orbán Balázs (1829-1890) was a world-famous geographical and ethnographic writer and photographer. One of his best-known works is the six-volume 'Description of Székelyland from a historical, archaeological, natural and ethnographic point of view' (1868-73). The bust was erected on 4 February 1995, and is the work of Hunyadi László.

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