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Statue of Petőfi Sándor

Statue of Petőfi Sándor
Original function:
statue / memorial / relief
Current function:
statue / memorial / relief
Settlement:
Beregszász, Берегове
Address:
Rákóczi Ferenc tér
Historical Hungarian county:
Bereg
Country:
Ukraine
GPS coordinates:
48.206154, 22.646755
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History

The great Hungarian revolutionary poet Petőfi Sándor visited the town during his second trip to Upper Hungary. He arrived on July 12, 1847, and set off the next day. He stayed at the Lion's Inn. Here he wrote a short poem entitled 'It is a hot noon'. A plaque was placed in memory of the nation’s poet on the wall of the former inn building (1987) and a statue was erected in front of the former Casino (1991). Shortly after the ceremony, a Ukrainian man attacked the statue with an iron rod, in revenge for removing the statue of Lenin from the square. One arm of the statue was broken off. A few days later, the entire statue was torn down. The statue was then restored in Nyíregyháza (Hungary), but with a thin strip indicating the location of the fracture.

Source:  csemadok.sk
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