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Statue of the Iron Defender of the Homeland

Statue of the Iron Defender of the Homeland
Original function:
statue / memorial / relief
Current function:
destroyed
Settlement:
Pozsony, Bratislava
Address:
Hviezdoslavovo námestie
Historical Hungarian county:
Pozsony
Country:
Slovakia
GPS coordinates:
48.142148, 17.109551
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History

The statue carved by the sculptor Rigele Alajos was erected before the theatre on May 23, 1915. Those who wished to donate for the invalid soldiers could buy an iron nail for one crown and hammer it into the wooden statue. The statue illustrated a soldier fighting in World War I. In Hungary soldiers were called "honvéd", which literally means "defender of the homeland". In 1919 the Czechoslovak invaders destroyed the statue. In 1929 Rigele Lajos recreated it from stone and it was reerected in the village of Gútor.

Source:  csemadok.sk
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