Prohászka László: Equestrian Statues - Our Budapest (Budapest, 1997)

1950s. Róna’s masterpiece itself miraculously weathered the 1944^15 siege of Buda Castle and it even survived the ideological polemics of the fifties - after its restoration it was moved back to its original place. One of the city’s finest works of art is once again an integral part of the overall view of the Castle District, which has been declared part of the World Heritage.

Within a year of the erection of the Savoy monument, another valuable piece was added to the treasure-trove of the Royal Palace and its environs. György Vastagh's masterly Csikós (The Horseherd) was erected outside the Riding School in 1901. The statue, which is larger than life- size by half and is made of wrought copper, is of an interThe Horseherd in its new place in the middle of the Hunyadi yard

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