Equestrian Statue of King Stephen

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King Stephen was the first king of Hungary (crowned about 1000). He was declared a saint for his efforts in bringing Christianity to Hungary. He carries the apostolic cross with two crossbars, symbol granted him by the Pope. The sculpture was made by sculptor Alajos Strobl, started the project in 1896 and completed it in 1906. Frigyes Schulek designed the Neo-Romanesque foundation for the statue. The foundation structure is decorated with reliefs, which commemorate a prominent moment of King Stephen's reign: the coronation scene, the introduction of the legislative act, the depiction of Vienna and the Austria-Hungary dualism, while on the back and east we see a series of scenes symbolizing the temple construction, where Stróbl depicted the aging Schulek master as the bearded, kneeling, model of King Stephen in the form of a master builder.

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