Soviet War Memorial, Szabadság Tér, Budapest

The Szabadság tér (German: Freedom Square) is a park-like square in the centrally located V district (Belváros-Lipótváros). Its layout with a large number of monuments and a representative peripheral development took place from around 1900 on a former barracks site. It has been redesigned several times, most recently in 2003.

Soviet Memorial, Freedom Square, BudapestOne of the few remaining Soviet monuments in Budapest, it occupies an important place in the center of Freedom Square. The monument was built by Károly Antal and honors the Red Army soldiers who died in 1944-1945 during the liberation of Budapest. The monument consists of an obelisk with a crest showing the communist hammer and sickle. In the lower part there is a bas-relief of Soviet soldiers involved in the battle. The obelisk is crowned with a five-pointed communist star. Many contemporary Hungarians would prefer the monument to be removed. It does not resemble anything nice!

The "new building" (Hungarian Újépület), a large, square barracks complex with 4 additional buildings at the corners of the square, each enclosing an inner courtyard, stood on the site of today's Szabadság tér until 1898. Today there are statues for the US President Ronald Reagan by István Máté and the US General Harry Hill Bandholtz by Miklós Ligeti. Not far from the US Embassy, in the northern part of the square, there is also a representative memorial for the liberation of Hungary from the National Socialist occupation by the Red Army in World War II.
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