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Galley Slave Memorial

Galley Slave Memorial
Original function:
statue / memorial / relief
Current function:
statue / memorial / relief
Church:
Lutheran
Address:
Unnamed Road, 979 01 Rimavská Sobota
Historical Hungarian county:
Gömör-Kishont
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
48.386648, 20.019474
Google map:

History

Many Protestant preachers were sentenced to serve on the galleys in 1674 during the Counter-Reformation in Hungary, because they did not deny their faith. The galley slaves were finally freed by the Duch Admiral Michiel de Ruyter on February 11, 1676.

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