Statue of Petőfi Sándor
Original function:
statue / memorial / relief
Current function:
statue / memorial / relief
Address:
Námestie Mihálya Tompu, 979 01 Rimavská Sobota
Historical Hungarian county:
Gömör-Kishont
GPS coordinates:
48.384744, 20.022137
History
In 1871 Izsó Miklós was entrusted with making the statue of Petőfi Sándor, the great poet of the Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence in 1848-49. Because of the sculptor's early death, the statue was finished by Huszár Adolf. The statue was placed on the Petőfi square in Budapest. The plaster model was given to the town of Rimaszombat and was preserved for 120 years. Finally it was cast in bronze and was unveiled in 2004 financed from public contributions.
Petőfi Sándor made a journey in northern Hungary in 1845. He was elected honorary magistrate in Rimaszombat on May 29, 1845. In 1875 the sculptor Izsó Miklós was laid on the bier on the same day. He worked beside the sculptor Ferenczy István in Rimaszombat after the fall of the War of Independence.
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