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Hungary – Stymphalian Birds in Hungary
The Square of Heroes, and Castle
of Vajdahunyad which can be
found at the centre of City Park,
were built for the 1000
anniversaries of 896 when the
Hungarian conquested Carpatian
basin. Later on the building
complex was expended with an
artificial lake, Ice Rink, Budapest
Zoo & Botanical Garden, Capital
Circus of Budapest, the closed
Amusement Park, Széchenyi
Termal Bath and Swimming Pool,
Museum of Fine Arts and the Art
Gallery. Also you can find here
Transport Museum and Petőfi
Music Hall.
Details of the sight:
http://www.budapest.com/budap
est_kalauz/latnivalok/varosliget.h
u.html.
The history of the City Park,
freetime and cultural activities,
statues and maps:
http://varosliget.info.
The QR code of the City Park:
Others:
• http://www.szepmuveszeti.hu
• http://www.mucsarnok.hu
• http://www.zoobudapest.com
• http://www.mmkm.hu/index.p
hp/hu/kozlekedesimuzeum
• http://www.mezogazdasagimu
zeum.hu/article.php?article_id
=1
• http://www.petoficsarnok.hu
• http://www.szechenyifurdo.hu
• http://www.varosligetcafe.hu
Zsigmond Strobl Kisfaludi (1884-
1975) who was rewarded with
the Kossuth-price, twice, is well-
known across the country (and
abroad), as a great Hungarian
sculptor. He had a great talent in
illustrating movement, forming
characters and capturing the
symbols. From 1925, the statue
was placed on the Margit Island,
in front of the Hungarian Athletics
Clubs’s sport track. Later on it has
been destroyed, but in 1929 the
capital city bought it and it has
been remade with bronze and
placed in front of the ice skate
park’s entrance in the background
we can see the top of it. In 1926 a
rich American magnate bought it,
and it was transported to the
United States. A copy of it can be
found in: Santa Barbara, Los
Angeles, University of California;
Saint Petersburg, Hermitage
Garden; Indonesia, Djakarta, in
front of gubernational palace;
Zalaegerszeg, next to the sports
hall; Moscow; Stockholm, National
Museum.
Sights
The City Park is a section in
Budapest, it’s the world’s first
public park that’s open for
everyone. It lies on 100 hectares
of area int he XIV. district. Out of
this area, about 81 hectares is the
actual park, where you can find
roughly 6500 trees. This area is a
really popular, it’s a cultural
centre of the capital city, but you
can also find sculptures and
monuments there.
Zsigmond Strobl Kisfaludi: Archer
(1918-19). It imitates the
apperance of Hercules, who was
shooting at the deathbringer,
human-eater birds from
Stymphalos. The inspiration came
from Shooting Hercules (1912)
statue from Émile-Antoine
Bourdelle French sculptor (USA,
New York Metropolitan Museum
of Art).
The archer’s movement still
resembles the effort, but with his
spreaded fingers he just
unleashed the string, and from his
opened mouth, we tend to hear
the great shout of the victory from
the deepest place of his soul what
he defeated the birds with.