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162. The Memorial Plate of Sándor Feichcinger is to be found on the wall of the building of the Szentgyörgymező (St. George's Field) Book Club. The inscription says: To the memory Sándor Feichringer (1817-1907), head physician of the city hos­pital, manager of rhe bank, hospital and school and also a famous botanist. Erected by rhe Local Government of Esztergom, in 2000. The 50x70 cm plate was made of white marble. 163. Two finly outworked stone plates were placed on both sides of the Esztergom- abutment, to the memory of the consturction of the Mary­Valery Bridge. Beside the left plate the former Hungarian Arms were also placed onto the metal structure of the bridge. The construction of the bridge began in 1893, during the reign of Franz Joseph I, emperror of Austria, when rhe Hungarian prime minister was Dr. Sándor Wekerle. The construction was finisched by 1895, the prime minister was Dezső Bánffy in that time. The right-side plate informs us that the bridge was builc on the costs of the state, through the instrumentallity Primate Kolos Vaszary. 164. The memorial plate on the corner of Lajos Kossuth and Magyar Streets was put up to the memory of the former Military Hospital housed in the building. 165. A memorial plate was placed onto the wall of the Szentgyörgymező Book Club to the memory of Dr. István Bády, the last mayor before the socialist time. The 40x40 plate was made of white marble. 166. The two marble plates placed on the ground beside the right belfry of the Basilica, on the Palace Hill, informs about the foundation of the Hungarian State. They also tell about the convertion of Hungary, and they indicate the supposed place of Prince Géza's Palace. IV. CROSSES Mrs. J. Hetves and Iván Bélay 167. Near the soldier cemetery in the field formerly called the Zámbó-field (Zámbói dűlő, a bicycle roads goes through which), a wooden cross was erec­ted in 1782 by a landowner from Szentgyörgymező, György Bádi. Later it was replaced with a stone cross. The inscription can hardly be read: He praised the Lord Jesus Christ, who protected him. By the permission of István Bádi it was erected by his son Valér I. Bádi, Franciscan preacher, in 1884. It was renewed in 1967 in honour of the beloved unlce, by Ferenc Bádi. The inscription was poured down with oil-painting by hooligans. The

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