János Esterházy Monument, Warsaw
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The János Esterházy Monument is a monument located in
Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ...
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Ursynów Ursynów () is a district of the city of Warsaw, Poland. It has an area of 43.79 km2 (16.88 sq mi), and in 2023, it was inhabited by 149,775 people, making it the 5th most populous and 3rd largest district of the city. Located in its western ...
at 3 Przy Bażantarni Street, commemorating the Czechoslovak politician of Hungarian origin,
János Esterházy Count János Eszterházy (; rarely ; March 14, 1901 – March 8, 1957) was a prominent politician of Hungarian ethnicity in inter-war Czechoslovakia and later in the First Slovak Republic. He was a member of the Czechoslovak Parliament and ...
. The monument is a gift from Hungary to Warsaw.Wizyta przewodniczącego parlamentu Węgier
The author of the bust is the Hungarian sculptor János Blaskó. The monument was unveiled on June 15, 2011 in front of The Church of Blessed
Ladislas of Gielniów Ladislav is a Czech, Slovak and Croatian variant of the Slavic name Vladislav. The female form of this name is Ladislava. Folk etymology occasionally links ''Ladislav'' with the Slavic goddess Lada. Spellings and variations In Bulgarian an ...
in the presence of, among others of the Speaker of the
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László Kövér László Kövér (; born 29 December 1959) is a Hungarian politician who is the current List of speakers of the National Assembly (Hungary), speaker of the National Assembly of Hungary. Under his capacity as speaker, he was also twice acting pre ...
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