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Ferenc II Rákóczi, the prince of
Transylvania, led one of the earliest
revolts for independence against
the Habsburgs in 1703–11. This
bronze equestrian monument can
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be seen in front of Parliament. PARLIAMENT
It was completed by János
Pásztor in 1937.
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Locator Map
See Street Finder, maps 2 & 10

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3 Ministry of Agriculture
A massive Corinthian colonnade,
supporting an entablature, lends this Neo-
Classical building a dignified character.
This monument to
Imre Nagy symbolizes
the insurgent prime
minister’s 1956 defect ion
from the side of
Communism to the side
of the people – a protest
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that cost him his life.
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G A R I B A L D I U T C A historic landmark. This building,
The Exchange Palace is a
designed in the Late Eclectic style
by Ignác Alpár, was constructed
in 1905 and it origi nally housed
the Stock Exchange.
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Plaque commemorating Brigadier Key
Woroniecki, hero of the uprising Suggested route
of 1848–9

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