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Millennium Monument on Mount Zobor

Millennium Monument on Mount Zobor
Original function:
statue / memorial / relief
Current function:
statue / memorial / relief
Settlement:
Nyitra, Nitra 
Address:
951 01 Nitrianske Hrnčiarovce
Historical Hungarian county:
Nyitra
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
48.342847, 18.105122
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History

The monument stood a few meters to the south of the current TV tower. Its pedestal is still there. The monument was erected in 1896 according to the plans of Berczik Gyula in memory of the 1000th anniversary of Hungary. It was 22 meters high. It consisted of an obelisk and four turul birds, one facing each direction.

According to the Gesta Hungarorum written by Anonymus, the notary of King Béla III of Hungary, the Hungarians under the command of Huba, Szovárd and Kadocsa defeated Zobor, the leader of the Moravians, here and afterwards they hanged him on top of Mount Zobor. But according to the historians the character of Zobor was only invented by Anonymus.

The Czechoslovak invaders of the town exploded the monument in 1921.

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