Hajós György: Heroes' Square - Our Budapest (Budapest, 2001)

when the angel was also put in place. That was the first completed part of the monument.

With an arch span of 85 metres, the quarter-circular colonnades, placed at a distance of 20 metres from each other, reach a height of 13 metres and are 25 metres deep. The entire architectural component was completed in 1905. When the municipality of Budapest accepted the work on 17 July the only sculpture already in place was that of Archangel Gabriel. While the motifs of the seven chieftains or the allegorical sculptures were not seriously disputed, the question of which particular kings deserved a sculptural homage in the colonnade was hotly debated. The issue provoked the confrontation of political ideas. The list of kings before the Battle of Mohács was easily agreed

Archangel Gabriel

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