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

and Peace

where monarchs from the houses of Árpád and Anjou stand, only one alteration has been made. The original relief under the statue of Koloman the Bookish showed how King Koloman annexed Dalmatia to Hungary. This was replaced in the 1950s with the one visible today.

Of the statues that cannot be seen here today, the one portraying Ferdinand I was made by Ede Margó in 1905 and had a relief underneath showing a scene from the siege of the Castle of Eger, which is now built into the wall by the entrance of the castle it depicts. The statue of Charles III was sculpted by Ede Teles in 1912 and beneath it was a relief with the battle of Zenta. Prepared in 1911, the statue of Maria Theresa was the work of György Zala; the relief that went with it showed the famous scene of Hungary’s nobles offering “vitám

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