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Laid out in 1896 to mark the thousandth anniversary of the Magyar conquest, Hosok tere (Heroes' Square) is appropriately grandiose. The Millenniary Monument at its centre consists of a 36-metre-high column topped by the figure of Archangel Gabriel who, according to legend, appeared to Stephen in a dream and offered him the crown of Hungary. Around the base are Prince Arpad and his chieftains, who led the Magyar tribes into the Carpathian Basin. As a backdrop to this, a semicircular colonnade displays statues of Hungary's most illustrious leaders, from King Stephen to Kossuth. During the brief Republic of Councils in 1919, when Hungary was ruled by revolutionary soviets, the square was decked out in red banners and the column enclosed in a red obelisk. More recently, it was the setting for the ceremonial reburial of Imre Nagy and other murdered leaders of the Uprising (including an empty coffin to represent the "unknown insurgent") on June 16, 1989 - an event which symbolized the dawning of a new era in Hungary. Today it's more likely to be filled with rollerbladers and skateboarders who make use of this huge space on summer evenings.
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