Prohászka László: Polish Monuments - Our Budapest (Budapest, 2001)

16™ CENTURY CARVED STONE POLISH COAT OF ARMS

(1506-26) and several thousands of Polish soldiers were killed at the battle of Mohács, which ushered in a long period of Turkish rule on Hungarian soil.

The arms of the Polish nation appeared on the wall of the royal palace of Buda during the reign of the Jagellos. Only a few ruins and fragments of buildings have been preserved of the beautiful royal palace of King Matthias. On the other hand, a large stone coat of arms with the Polish eagle is preserved in the royal palace. Made in the 16th century, the relief is exhibited in the permanent exhibition of the Budapest History Museum. A similarlooking Polish coat of arms was found on a fragmentary entablature among the excavated ruins of a hunting seat built between the 14,h and 16lh centuries, which was found at 78 Hűvösvölgyi út, in District 11.

Each Jagelló king is commemorated by an architectural sculpture situated on the main fagade of the parliament building facing the Danube. The figure of Wladislas I was sculpted by Béla Strochoffer in the early years of the 20lh century, those of Wladislaw II and Louis the Great were made by Ferenc Vasadi from Bia limestone. (Due to natural decay through the weather and to war damage, the sculptures have since had to be re-carved.)

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