Monuments of the socialist era from the Park-Museum "memento" in Hungary

Monuments of the socialist era from the Park-Museum "memento" in Hungary

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Park "memento" on the outskirts of Budapest is a Museum under the open sky, which contains sculptures of the time of socialism in Hungary. In the 40 Museum exhibits — among them the monuments to Marx and Engels, Lenin, Bela Kun and other sculptures, fully recreating the atmosphere of the socialist era.

Monuments of the socialist era from the Park-Museum "memento" in HungaryAlmost all of these sculptures were dismantled in 1989, and then placed them in the newly opened Park "memento", a kind of Museum of historical memory.

Monuments of the socialist era from the Park-Museum "memento" in Hungary

The Monument To The Republic Of Soviets

Park "memento", designed by AKOS Eleda, was opened in 1993 and has become one of the most famous sights of Budapest.

Monuments of the socialist era from the Park-Museum "memento" in Hungary

One of the monuments to Lenin (of the Park) and boots on a pedestal — all that remained from the 8-meter-high statue of Stalin. "Stalin's boots" a sight to behold all the tourists!

Monuments of the socialist era from the Park-Museum "memento" in Hungary

The memorial of Hungarian-Soviet friendship

Monuments of the socialist era from the Park-Museum "memento" in Hungary

Memorial to Bela Kun

Monuments of the socialist era from the Park-Museum "memento" in Hungary

A memorial to the labor movement, and the monument to the red army

Monuments of the socialist era from the Park-Museum "memento" in Hungary

The statue of Lenin, which once stood on the Boulevard of the Duke Gyorgy

Bela kun, Landler Jeno and Tibor samueli

Monuments of the socialist era from the Park-Museum "memento" in Hungary

Monuments of truce Ilya Ostapenko and Miklos Steinmetz killed in 1944 in Budapest

Monuments of the socialist era from the Park-Museum "memento" in Hungary

Lenin statue from the territory of the metallurgical plant in Csepel

Monuments of the socialist era from the Park-Museum "memento" in Hungary

The statue of the leader of the Comintern Dimitrov

Monuments of the socialist era from the Park-Museum "memento" in Hungary

Bust Dimitrov

Marx and Engels

Monuments of the socialist era from the Park-Museum "memento" in Hungary

Monuments of the socialist era from the Park-Museum "memento" in Hungary

Keywords: Budapest | Museum | Monuments | Park | Socialism

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