exploreCARPATHIA
Attractions along the Carpathians
Upper Hungary / Slovakia

Bust of Countess Andrássy Franciska

Pomník Františky Andrássyovej
Bust of Countess Andrássy Franciska
Pomník Františky Andrássyovej
Original function:
statue / memorial / relief
Current function:
statue / memorial / relief
Address:
Námestie baníkov, 048 01 Rožňava
Historical Hungarian county:
Gömör-Kishont
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
48.662025, 20.532814
Google map:

History

The Hungarian Countess Andrássy Franciska (1838-1902) was the benefactor of widows, orphans, schools and hospitals. He founded the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb in Rozsnyó. Her statue was unveiled in 1905. In 1972 the Communists replaced it with a partisan memorial, but in 1993 the statue was placed back in its original location.

Source:  muemlekem.hu
{"item":"sight","set":{"sightId":354,"townId":18,"active":2,"name_LO":"Pomn\u00edk Franti\u0161ky Andr\u00e1ssyovej","address":"N\u00e1mestie ban\u00edkov, 048 01 Ro\u017e\u0148ava","mapdata":"1|426|822","gps_lat":"48.6620250000","gps_long":"20.5328140000","religion":0,"oldtype":"38","newtype":"38","homepage":"","openinghours":"","muemlekemlink":"https:\/\/www.muemlekem.hu\/hatareset\/Andrassy-Franciska-szobra-Rozsnyo-864","csemadoklink":"\n","picture":"\u003Ca title=\u0022Hagen Graebner \/ CC BY-SA (https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0)\u0022 href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Roznava10.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003Cimg width=\u0022512\u0022 alt=\u0022Roznava10\u0022 src=\u0022https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/d\/d0\/Roznava10.jpg\/512px-Roznava10.jpg\u0022\u003E\u003C\/a\u003E","picture_ref":"\u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/commons.wikimedia.org\/wiki\/File:Roznava10.jpg\u0022 title=\u0022via Wikimedia Commons\u0022\u003EHagen Graebner\u003C\/a\u003E \/ \u003Ca href=\u0022https:\/\/creativecommons.org\/licenses\/by-sa\/3.0\u0022\u003ECC BY-SA\u003C\/a\u003E","name":"Bust of Countess Andr\u00e1ssy Franciska ","note":"","history":"The Hungarian Countess Andr\u00e1ssy Franciska (1838-1902) was the benefactor of widows, orphans, schools and hospitals. He founded the Institution for the Deaf and Dumb in Rozsny\u00f3. Her statue was unveiled in 1905. In 1972 the Communists replaced it with a partisan memorial, but in 1993 the statue was placed back in its original location.","town":{"townId":18,"name_HU":"Rozsny\u00f3","name_LO":"Ro\u017e\u0148ava","seolink":"rozsnyo-roznava","oldcounty":7,"country":2}},"language":"en","region":"slovakia","regionid":2,"offer":[],"gallery":false,"album":false}