Lajos Kossuth statue (Kossuth Lajos-szobor)

The statue of Lajos Kossuth, the outstanding politician of the 1848-49 War of Independence, can be found in Kossuth Square close to the Parliament. The main figure of the composition seen today is the work of Zsigmond Kisfaludi Strobl.

At its base the Balatonalmádi red stone pedestal is 15 metres long. The standing bronze figure of Lajos Kossuth is 5 metres tall. The other figures measure 4 metres and are the work of András Kocsis and Lajos Ungvári: peasant woman with child, peasant man with hat in hand, soldier, worker with rifle, student with sword, and armed horse herder in typical loose trousers.

Today's monument stands at the place of a different composition. The assembly of the capital first suggested the erection of a Kossuth statue in Budapest on 21st March 1894, the day after Kossuth died. The original statue, made by János Horvay, was finally finished in 1927. The Carrara marble of the politician of the War of Independence stood on a wide limestone base; the surrounding figures were the eight ministers of the first responsible government. This monument was dismantled in 1952.

The original marble composition by Horvay was first placed in the Mezo Imre Street Cemetery. It was later moved to Dombóvár, where it lay in pieces for a long time. In 1972 it was split into groups of one or two figures and, just as the relief, they were placed separately in the Peace Park.