Szabadság-szobor (The Liberty Statue, or Freedom Statue), sitting atop Gellért-hegy (Gellért Hill), commemorates those who sacrificed their lives for the independence, freedom, and prosperity of Hungary. Designed by Zsigmond Kisfaludi Strobl, it was first erected in 1947 in in remembrance of the Soviet liberation of Hungary during World War II, which ended the occupation by Nazi Germany. The 14-meter tall bronze statue, placed atop a 26-meter pedestal, was originally intended for a memorial of István Horthy, and would in that role have featured a human child instead of the palm leaf that was a Soviet addition.
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Gellért-hegyi Sziklatemplom (Gellért Hill Rock Church) was originally constructed in in Gellért-hegyi barlang (Gellért Hill Cave) in the 1920s by a group of Pauline monks under the direction of architect Kálmán Lux. Consecrated in 1926, It served as a chapel and monastery until 1951 when it was sealed by the State Protection Authority. After the iron curtain fell, it reopened in 1989 and the chapel by 1992 the chapel had been restored and the Pauline Order returned. Today the cave, which s also referred to as Saint Ivan's Cave (Szent Iván-barlang) after a hermit who lived there and is believed to have used the natural thermal water of a muddy lake next to the cave to heal the sick, is a popular tourist attraction.
Towards the back of the church is the chapel of Our Lady of Czestochowa, featuring a Poland heraldic eagle and icon of Black Madonna of Częstochowa. This secluded shrine is reminiscent of the time when the Cave Church served as shelter for Polish refugees during WWII, and the Polish bronze altar found here is one of the shrine’s most precious relics.
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Szabadság híd (Liberty Bridge, or Freedom Bridge) crosses 333.6-meters over the River Danube, connecting Buda and Pest. Built from 1894 to 1896 to the plans of János Feketeházy, the cantilever truss bridge with a suspended middle span imitates the general outline of the more popular design of its time, the chain-type bridge.
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Gellért-hegyi Sziklatemplom (Gellért Hill Rock Church) was originally constructed in in Gellért-hegyi barlang (Gellért Hill Cave) in the 1920s by a group of Pauline monks under the direction of architect Kálmán Lux. Consecrated in 1926, It served as a chapel and monastery until 1951 when it was sealed by the State Protection Authority. After the iron curtain fell, it reopened in 1989 and the chapel by 1992 the chapel had been restored and the Pauline Order returned. Today the cave, which s also referred to as Saint Ivan's Cave (Szent Iván-barlang) after a hermit who lived there and is believed to have used the natural thermal water of a muddy lake next to the cave to heal the sick, is a popular tourist attraction.
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Gellért-hegyi Sziklatemplom (Gellért Hill Rock Church) was originally constructed in in Gellért-hegyi barlang (Gellért Hill Cave) in the 1920s by a group of Pauline monks under the direction of architect Kálmán Lux. Consecrated in 1926, It served as a chapel and monastery until 1951 when it was sealed by the State Protection Authority. After the iron curtain fell, it reopened in 1989 and the chapel by 1992 the chapel had been restored and the Pauline Order returned. Today the cave, which s also referred to as Saint Ivan's Cave (Szent Iván-barlang) after a hermit who lived there and is believed to have used the natural thermal water of a muddy lake next to the cave to heal the sick, is a popular tourist attraction.
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