Museum of Fine Arts (Budapest)
The Museum of Fine Arts is a museum in Heroes' Square, Budapest, Hungary, facing the Palace of Art.
Budapest: Museum of Fine Arts
Old Paintings gallery
Horse Frightened by a Thunderstorm, Eugène Delacroix, 1824
St Elizabeth Distributing Alms by Giambattista Pittoni, 1734
Heroes' Square (Budapest)
Hősök tere is one of the major squares in Budapest, Hungary, noted for its iconic Millennium Monument with statues featuring the Seven chieftains of the Magyars and other important Hungarian national leaders, as well as the Memorial Stone of Heroes, often erroneously referred as the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. The square lies at the outbound end of Andrássy Avenue next to City Park (Városliget). It hosts the Museum of Fine Arts and the Palace of Art (Műcsarnok). The square has played an important part in contemporary Hungarian history and has been a host to many political events, such as the reburial of Imre Nagy in 1989. Most sculptures were made by sculptor György Zala from Lendava, with one made by György Vastagh.
Heroes' Square – overview
The Millennium Underground is the first underground (Metro) system in continental Europe. The end of the tunnel behind Heroes' Square, with the left colonnade seen from behind (photo from 1896)
The Memorial Stone of Heroes
The column