Statue of the Boy from Pest (Budapest)

Statue of the Boy from Pest

The monument in 2016.
Location	Saint Emeric Square, Budapest, Hungary
Designer	Richárd Juha
Type	Statue
Material	Bronze
Opening date	23 October 2016
Dedicated to	47°25′51″N 19°04′07″E

The statue of the Boy from Pest (Hungarian: A Pesti srác szobra) is a bronze statue by Richárd Juha in Budapest, Hungary, located in the Saint Emeric Square within the Csepel district. It depicts a 17-year-old boy with a rifle, and commemorates the aid of Szczecin inhabitants to Budapest population during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. The statue was unveiled on 9 December 2016.

History

The statue was designed by Richárd Juha. It was proposed Szilárd Németh, a member of the National Assembly of Hungary, as a acknowledgment of the aid of the inhabitants of Szczecin, Poland to the population of Budapest, Hungary during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956, and financed by the council of Csepel, a district of Budapest. It was unveiled at the Saint Emeric Square in Budapest on 23 October 2016, for the 60th anniversary of the revolution. An identical staute was unveiled in Szczecin on 9 December 2016. Another statue by Richárd Juha, depicting the same person, but with different pose, holding a flag of Hungary, was also unveiled on 17 October 2016 in Washington, D.C., United States.

Characteristics

The bronze statue depicts a 17-year-old boy wearing a suit and a cap, with a rifle worn on his back. He is reaching with his right hand for a handshake. The statue have the height of 1.75 m.