About Heroes Square
Heroes Square (Hosok tere) is an iconic plaza in Budapest housing a monument built in 1869 to celebrate the 1,000th anniversary of the founding of Hungary in 869AD. This monument, known as the Millenial Monument, consists of a semicircle of Doric columns, several statues representing important historical Hungarian figures and an obelisk crowned with a statue of the Archangel Gabriel. Also located at Heroes Square is the Hungarian Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
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