Memento park

History• Memento park is an open-air museum in

Budapest• It contains monumental statues from the

Communist period of time in Hungary• The park was designed by a Hungarian architect

• People can find 42 statues here• After the fall of the Communist regime in Hungary

in 1989, many of the Communist statues and monuments were removed.These formed the basis of the current collection in the statue park.

• On 29th June 1993 the open-air museum was opened

• In 2006 a life-sized copy of the tribune of the Stalin Monument was built in the Statue Park

• In 2007 a new exhibition hall and a small movie theatre was opened in the park

The statues

• The Main entrance– It's a 12- meter- high ‘communist scenery’designed by the Hungarian Ákos Előd– Statues: Lenin, Marx

and Engels

• Red army soldier statue– The statue was designed

by Zsigmond Kisfaludi Strobl in 1947

– Its material: bronze– Its original location was at

the top of the Gellért Hill

• The Hungarian-Soviet Friendship Memorial– Designed by Zsigmond Kisfaludi Strobl in 1956– Its material: bronze– Its original location: Szent László Square in

Budapest

• The Liberation Memorial Stone– Its designer is unknown– Designed in 1960– Its material: stone– Its original location:

Dísz Square In Budapest

• The Soviet Heroic Memorial– Designed by László

Péter in 1951– Its material: limestone– Its original location:

Rage park

• The Lenin Relife– Designed by Iván Szabó

in 1970– Its material: bronze

• The Republic of Councils Monument was based on a revolutionary poster in 1919

• The Statue of Dimitrov– Designed by Valentin

Sztarcsev in 1983– Its material: bronze– Its original location:

Fővám Square in Budapest

• Münnich Ferenc– Designed by István Kiss in

1986– Its material: bronze– Its original location: Honvéd

Square in Budapest

• Georgi Dimitrov– Designed by Jordan

Kracsmarov in 1954– Its material: bronze– Its original location:

Fővám Square In Budapest