Statue of a Boy from Pest

Statue of a Boy from Pest

The monument in Szczecin.
Location	Saint Emeric Square, Budapest, Hungary Jan Kasprowicz Park, Szczecin, Poland
Designer	Richárd Juha
Type	Statue
Material	Bronze
Completion date	23 October 2016 (Budapest) 9 December 2016 (Hungary)

The statue of a Boy from Pest (Hungarian: A Pesti srác szobra; Hungarian: Pomnik Chłopca z Pesztu), also known as the Hungarian Boy Monument (Polish: Pomnik Chłopca Węgierskiego), is a name of two identical bronze statues by Richárd Juha, located in Budapest, Hungary, and Szczecin, Poland. They were unveiled in 2016, to commemorate the aid of Szczecin inhabitants to Budapest population during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956.

History

Both statues were designed by Richárd Juha. They were proposed by Szilárd Németh, a member of the National Assembly of Hungary, as a acknowledgment of the aid of Szczecin inhabitants to Budapest population during the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. It was financed by the council of Csepel, a district of Budapest, Hungary.

The first of the statues was unveiled in Budapest on 23 October 2016, in the 60th anniversary of the revolution. The second statue was unveiled in Szczecin on 9 December 2016.

Characteristics

Both sculptures have identical designs. They are bronze statues depicting a boy wearing a suit and a cap hat, with a riffle worn on his back. He is reaching with his right hand for a handshake.

A statue in Budapest, Hungary is located in the district of Csepel, at the Saint Emeric Square, while a statue in Szczecin, Poland, in the Jan Kasprowicz Park, near Piotra Skargi Street.