Bust of Papiu Ilarian
Bustul lui Al. Papiu Ilarian
Bust of Papiu Ilarian
Bustul lui Al. Papiu Ilarian
Original function:
statue / memorial / relief
Current function:
statue / memorial / relief
Address:
Piața Bernády György
Historical Hungarian county:
Maros-Torda
GPS coordinates:
46.5462270775, 24.5683154478
History
Alexandru Papiu Ilarian was also the leader of the Vlach mob that wiped out entire Hungarian villages in 1848-49.
During the 1848-49 Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence Vlach rebels led by Avram Iancu murdered thousands of innocent Hungarian civilians in a bestial manner, depopulating entire villages, taking advantage of the fact that the Hungarian military was busy liberating Transylvania from Austrian rule.
After the Romanian invasion, in 1919, the school named after Papiu was founded, which of course was housed in the stolen building of a former Hungarian school, the girls' grammar school. A bust of Papiu, by Ion Schmidt-Faur, was unveiled in front of the school building in December 1930. Following the Second Vienna Award, the statue was taken by the leaving Romanian invaders to Nagyenyed, where, in January 1849, the Vlach mob massacred a thousand Hungarian civilians in a particularly inhuman manner and froze to death another thousand fleeing the barbarians. Unfortunately the Romanian authorities returned to Transylvania with the Red Plague, and the bust was brought back to Marosvásárhely in 1957.
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