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Plaque of Baross Gábor

Plaque of Baross Gábor
Original function:
plaque
Current function:
plaque
Settlement:
Address:
Levice Námestie hrdinov 2.
Historical Hungarian county:
Bars
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
48.219716, 18.606198
Google map:

History

The plaque is on the corner of the Calvin Courtyard on the main square. Baross Gábor attended the Piarist grammar school of Léva between 1857 and 1861.

Baross Gábor (1848-1892) was the Minister of Transportation and later the Minister of Commerce of Hungary. He was called "iron minister" because of his great achievements in the development of railway transportation in Hungary. He started the regulation of the Danube River at the impassable Iron-Gate Rapids by constructing canals. This opened up the eastern trade to Hungary. Sorrowfully he caught a chill in 1892 while he was inspecting the constructions and died.

Source:  csemadok.sk
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