Liberty Square

At the time the Basilica was built, a huge prison facility still dominated this square built to "tame rebellious Hungarians". Government offices, banks and splendid apartment houses were later built on its ruins on Liberty Square. The former Stock Exchange is now the premises of Hungarian Television and a symbol of the square. The National Bank of Hungary is a much more reserved building, mostly with classic ornamentation. A war memorial in the middle of the square stands in memory of the fallen heroes of World War Two. After the political changes of the early 90s, all communist and Soviet-style public sculptures were removed to a Statue Park outside Budapest. An irony of fate, however, is that the only survivor is this Russian memorial standing face-to-face with the Stars and Stripes of the American Embassy building. Hungary signed an agreement to keep this memorial intact to pay tribute to the Russian soldiers buried underneath the monument.

/Budapestinfo/

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