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Kossuth Lajos tér (in English: '' of Budapest , on the bank of the Danube . It is a station of the M2 (East-West) line of the Budapest Metro . Kossuth Lajos tér is most notable for the and an equestrian statue of Francis II Rákóczi are situated, as well as a 1956 Hungarian Revolution memorial. Facing them, the Museum of Ethnography and the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development can be found. These three buildings were the first three ranked plans of a competition at the end of the XIX century for building a new Hungarian Parliament. After WWII, a temporary bridge was built between Kossuth Lajos tér and were re-built. It is marked with memorial stones on the Pest and the Buda sides. – In its place, a Pontoon Bridge was built in 1973 and in 2003, for a few days around National Holidays . ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD A sitting statue of Attila József is to be found nearby, south of the Parliament, as described in his poem ''By the Danube''. Martyrs' Square ''(Vértanúk tere)'' is immediately adjacent to the square (to the southeast), with a statue of Imre Nagy standing on a bridge. This is the terminus of two Trolleybus es. One can find Szabadság Tér (Liberty Square) approx. 150 metres away, to the southeast, with the main building of the Hungarian Television as well as the Hungarian National Bank and the U.S. Embassy. 200 metre east of Kossuth Lajos tér, the Batthyány Eternal Flame can be found, remembering his execution in 1849. The Hungarian Academy Of Sciences is approx. 400 metres away to the south. The neighbourhood of Kossuth Lajos tér is generally quiet; it mostly comprises ministries, court-houses and lawyer's offices beside residential buildings. EXTERNAL LINKS |
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