Szabadság tér
In Szabadság tér, a place whose name means Liberty Square, the story you’re stepping into begins with a shift of ground and memory. The site transformed in the late 19th century, after a barrack-prison known as Újépület stood here and—following the Hungarian Revolution—the area where Prime Minister Lajos Batthyány was executed in 1849 was cleared; the square itself was built and opened around 1900. The square’s east edge is marked by the historicist headquarters of the Hungarian National Bank, with some neighboring buildings echoing Art Nouveau flair designed by Ignác Alpár, a name tied to two major structures on the block. Over the years, Szabadság tér has hosted a sweeping memorial landscape: a monument to the Soviet liberation of Hungary in World War II, works by Károly Antal, and later, a counter-monument featuring photographs of Hungarians sent to Auschwitz, unveiled in 2014. …
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