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Street-by-Street: Kossuth Square

This square expresses well the pomp and 2 . Museum of Ethnography
pride with which Pest was developed during Among 250,000 exhibits amassed
in the museum’s collection is a
the 19th and early 20th centuries. Parliament captivating collection of folk
dominates the square on the Danube side, costumes representing the
but equally imposing are the Ministry various nationalities and
of Agriculture and the Museum of ethnic groups in Hungary.
Ethnography on the opposite side. Several
monuments commemorate nationalist
leaders and provide a visual record of
Hungary’s political history.

1 . Parliament B A
This building has L
A
become the recog­ S
nized symbol of S I S Z A L A Y U
democracy in B
Hungary, despite the Á
dome being crowned L I
by a red star during N T
the Communist
U
period. Anchored in
the Danube in front
of the building is
SMS Leitha, a warship
originally launched
in 1871, that has been
restored and is now
a floating museum.
Attila József was a radical L A K O
poet whose work sensi­ J S
tively explored the human O S S U
condition. In 1937 he T T
committed suicide, É H
aged 32. This statue R
by László Marton
dates from 1980.

Lajos Kossuth (1802–94) G A R I B A L D I U T C A
The popularity of Lajos Kossuth among
the Hungarian people is immense. He led
the 1848–9 uprising against Austrian rule
(see pp32–3), and was one of the most
outstanding political figures in Hungary.
He was a member of the first democratic
government during the uprising, and briefly
became its leader before being ex iled after Shoes on the Danube
the revolt was quashed in 1849. Bank, a memorial
honouring the Jews
Stained-glass window depicting Lajos Kossuth shot into the river
during World War II

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