Klemmné Németh Zsuzsa szerk.: Maróti Géza és Zebegény (1875–1941) (Pest Megyei Múzeumok Igazgatósága, 2003)
Trianoni megemlékezés az Országzászlónál, 2001. június 4- A fotó Pálmai Béla tulajdona this, the National Colour, owing to its size and natural environment, is a unique monument in Hungary. After the World War I, almost every village had various monuments erected in honour of the fallen. But the monument of Géza Maróti on the Calvary Hill is completely different from the usual patterns. Perhaps he had been influenced by his eastern travels when he thought of a symbolic graveyard, which would suit best on the hilltop rising above the village. There is no soldier with his bayonet at the charge, no wounded hero, and neither an obelisk with a marble tablet but the whole hilltop serves as "the garden of heroes" q . The two half-closed gardens are surrounded with an iron fence and pergolas. The pattern of the pergolas and the inscription on the southern side are familiar from the Maróti-villa: "Adore God, live for your country - do what is measured by Fate." In the centre of the symbolic garden, there is a double life-size bronze head of Christ. As there is no exact description or authentic document concerning whether Géza Maróti referred to any real tragic events or to the number of fallen heroes with that of the pergolas, for the posterity the place can be interpreted as a memorial of the victims of any tragic events. Maróti Géza: Zebegényi Országzászló és hősök emlékműve a Kálvária-hegyen, 2001 Because of the political situation, the monument could be neither finished nor really inaugurated. During the political era after the World War II, the ingenuous councilmen suggested that it should be changed into a lookout-tower. So, a reinforced concrete bridge was put on top of the four columns, and stairs were fixed to the structure. Between 1987 and 1994 the theatre events of the Zebegény Summer, among them the performances of the"Fiesta" Theatre of Vác, were also held among the columns of the National Colour. 1 In 1996, on the occasion of the mille centenary its original function was given back, and with a more than 60 years' delay a tablet was placed on one of the columns, naming the place and the artist: "The National Colour and the memorial place of the tragedies of our national heroes. Designed by Géza Maróti artist, and erected by public subscription in 1935-38." On 4 June 2000, on the 80 th anniversary of the peace treaty of Trianon, the monument on the Calvary Hill was inaugurated as a memorial of Trianon in a great ceremony. In 2001, the place was enriched with a beautiful symbol: the Bell of National Memory, which was blessed by Karl Josef Rauher Archbishop, nuntius, and was placed ceremoniously in the Calvary Chapel. The bell is rung at 16.30 on every day of the year. This autumn, the pergola garden near the chapel was inaugurated as the Memorial Place of the Martyrs of Arad, and the 13 pergolas as the symbolic graves of the thirteen heroic martyrs were wreathed by the representatives of schools from and beyond the country. 11 The monument designed by Géza Maróti regained its original meaning though with more than half a century's delay. We do hope that the concrete bridge of the lookout built in the 1960s will be dismounted in a few years, and the large double crosses will be at last on their places on the columns, where they were dreamt by Maróti. The studies have already been ready, and the posteriors may finish Maróti's last work so the history of building, which started in 1935, can soon be finished. Rózsa Köpöczi ' Maróti called the place „the square of heroes" on the original plan. The 1:100 scale ground plan with the signature of Maróti, dated in September, 1935 is available in the archives of the Roman Catholic Parish, Zebegény 10 The first performance on the Calvary Hill in 1987 was Shakespeare, The Tempest directed by Péter Mikola Németh, the founder of „Fiesta" Theatre. "The organizers of the commemorations were parson László Kapás and Béla Pálmai, chairman of the Executive Committee of Millennial Commemoration.
