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Sign: Budapest - The Széchenyi Chain Bridge


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Budapest, Clark Ádám tér, Hungary
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I. FERECZ JÓZSEF KIRALY DRSZÁGLÁSA
GRÓF ANDRÁSSY GYULA MINISTERELNÖKSÉGE ALATT
A MEMZET KÖZÓHAJÁNAK MEGFELZLÖLRG
AZ ORSZÁG KÉT FELÉT VALAMINT BUDA ÉS PEST FÖVÁROSOKAT ÖSSZEKAPCSOLÓ EZEN LÁNCZHÍD
1870.X. CZ. ALAP JÁN KÖTÖTT ÉS AZ 1870 XXX. T. CZ. ÁLTAL TÖRVÉNVHOZÁS ILAR JÓMÁHAGYOTT SZERZÖDÉS FOLYTÁN MEGVALTATOTT
ÉS 1870. JUNIUS 30-ÁN ÉJJELI 12 ÓRAKOR MINDEN MGOKKAL SZABADLHANKIL. JÖVEDELMEKKEL ÉS TARTOZÉKOKKAL A MAGYAR ALLAM TULAJDONÁDAMÉNT ÁT.
ISTEN ÁLDÁSA LENCJEN TOVABBRA IS E MŰ ÉS A NEMZET FELETT. MELV AZT MAGANAK MEASIERZÉ
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There is a possibility that the text that appears is incorrect (Hungarian is not really my mother tongue), if you can correct click on the question mark

The sign is on the base of one of the four lions guarding the Chain Bridge Click for a larger image

The following photos taken that day show the lions and the bridge itself Click for a larger image Click for a larger image Click for a larger image

The Chain Bridge (Széchenyi Lánchíd) is the first permanent bridge to connect the two parts of Budapest (Buda and Pest). The bridge was designed by William Tierney Clark and the lions were sculpted by János Marschalkó, and legend has it that after discovering he forgot to put his tongue in the lions’ mouth he jumped into the Danube water. This is just a legend, since János Marschalkó passed away 25 years after finishing the lion statues.

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