The Turul of Tatabanya by Gyula Donáth 1907
"There were 3 large Turul statues, each with a wingspan of 15 metres, in Kingdom of Hungary (before the country had its borders reconfigured by the Treaty of Trianon). The last of the three stands on a mountain near Tatabánya, Hungary, but the other two were destroyed. It is [one of] the largest bird statue in Europe, and the largest bronze statue in Central Europe. There remain at least 195 Turul statues in Hungary, as well as 48 in Romania (32 in Transylvania and 16 in Partium), 8 in Slovakia, 7 in Serbia, 5 in Ukraine, 1 in Austria and 1 in Croatia. One of the most recently erected, as of 29 September 2012, is in Hungary's Ópusztaszer National Heritage Park.
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As part of celebrations in 1896 to commemorate the Millenium of the Hungarian conquest, sculpturer Gyula Donáth was assigned to make the Turul Statue. However, due to financial issues, it was finished much later, in 1907. Interestingly, that year was (believed to be) the millennial anniversary of the battle near Tatabánya where Magyar troops defeated Moravians in 907 (exact date uncertain). A similar statue but of smaller size (6 metres) was also made by Donáth, which was placed in the Castle of Buda, at the upper station of the funicular.
The career of the statue has not been free of complications, actually, it is a miracle that it still exists. First it was damaged by the communists in 1919 but it was restored in 1926 by sculpturer Hugó Keviczky upon the government’s direct order. Next it was the Rákosi regime that planned to remove the statue, however, it did not happen finally. As a result of neglect for decades, the statue needed to be extensively restored in 1992. At the same time, it has become the central element in the coat of arms of Tatabánya."
-taken from Wikipedia & OutdoorActive
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