Liberty Square ( hu, Szabadság tér) is a

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located in the

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neighborhood of

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. The square is a mix of business and residential. The

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in Hungary and the

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style headquarters of the

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abut the west side of the square. Some buildings on the square are designed in the

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style.

Ignác Alpár Ignác Alpár József (born Schöckl József; 17 January 1855 in Pest – 27 April 1928 in Zürich) was a Hungarian architect.Ronald Reagan Ronald Wilson Reagan ( ; February 6, 1911June 5, 2004) was an American politician, actor, and union leader who served as the 40th president of the United States from 1981 to 1989. He also served as the 33rd governor of California from 1967 ...

and

Harry Hill Bandholtz Harry Hill Bandholtz (December 18, 1864 – May 11, 1925) was a United States Army career officer who served for more than a decade in the Philippines. He was a major general during World War I, and the US representative of the Inter-Allied Milit ...

and a monument to the Soviet liberation of Hungary in World War II from Nazi German occupation. In 2020, together with the United States Embassy, it built a large statue of US Pres. George H.W. Bush.pictures
Some of the monuments like the WWII liberation sculpture were designed by

Károly Antal Károly Antal (23 June 1909 – 26 May 1994, in Budapest) was a twentieth century Hungarian sculptor. His sculptural style reflected neoclassicism style. Antal studied at the Academy of Fine Arts with István Szentgyörgyi between 1928 and ...

History

A barrack-prison ("''Újépület''") that previously occupied the space, was the site where Prime Minister

Lajos Batthyány Count Lajos Batthyány de Németújvár (; hu, gróf németújvári Batthyány Lajos; 10 February 1807 – 6 October 1849) was the first Prime Minister of Hungary. He was born in Pozsony (modern-day Bratislava) on 10 February 1807, and was e ...

was executed in 1849, following the Hungarian Revolution. The building was destroyed in 1897 and the square constructed on the site.

Gallery

Budapest, Szabadság tér légifotó.jpg, The former

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looking southeast Budapešť 0892.jpg, The former home of the Budapest Stock exchange Magyar Nemzeti Bank épületének nyugati homlokzata. - 2009, Budapest.jpg,

Statue of Harry Hill Bandholtz, 2009 BudapestDSCN3538.jpg, Monument to US General

Intereuropabank Budapest 2005 097.jpg, Monument to the

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(1946) Monument to the victims of the German occupation (2).jpg,

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(2014)

References

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