Hősök tere (Heroes' Square) is the largest square in Budapest. It is part of the World Heritage Site along with Andrássy Avenue and the City Park. The square features the Millennium Monument, which commemorates the 1000th anniversary of the Hungarian state and the arrival of the Magyar tribes in 896. The monument consists of a 36-meter-high column topped by Archangel Gabriel, who holds the Holy Crown and the apostolic cross. This statue won the grand prize at the 1900 Paris World’s Fair. At the base of the column, there are statues of the seven chieftains of the Magyars, who are considered the founders of Hungary. Behind the column, there are two colonnades with statues of other important Hungarian historical figures. The list of the statues (sculptors) from the left to the right: Saint Stephen (Károly Senyei), Saint Ladislaus (Ede Telcs), Coloman the Learned (Richárd Füredi), Andrew II (Károly Senyei), Béla IV (Miklós Köllő), Charles I (György Kiss), and Louis I (György Zala). John Hunyadi (Ede Margó), King Matthias (György Zala), István Bocskai (Barbabás Holló), Gábor Bethlen (György Vastagh Jr.), Imre Thököly (Jenő Grantner), Ferenc Rákóczi II (Zsigmond Kisfaludi Strobl), and Lajos Kossuth (Zsigmond Kisfaludi Strobl). Heroes' Square was fully constructed but not officially opened during World War I. The right-side colonnade originally had statues of five Habsburg rulers: Ferdinand I, Charles III, Maria Theresia, Leopold II, and Franz Joseph I. In the 133-day period of the Hungarian Soviet Republic in 1919, the statues of the Habsburg emperors were removed and destroyed, while the Millennium Column and the statue of Gabriel were covered with a red veil. A statue of K. Marx was also placed on the square. After the fall of the short living Soviet era, the statues of the Habsburg emperors were reconstructed and put back on their colonnade. The square was completed and inaugurated in 1929 and in 1932 it received the name “Heroes’ Square”. After World War II the statues of Ferdinand I, Charles III and Franz Joseph I were taken down again by the communists. While the statues of Maria Theresia and Leopold II were destroyed during the war Franz Joseph I’s statue was broken to pieces after the war. By 1958 all the statues were installed and since then the square has not changed much. In 1995-96 the column and the surrounding statues were renewed. In front of the monument, there is a cenotaph called the Memorial Stone of Heroes, which honors those who gave their lives for the freedom of Hungary (no one is buried in this place). The square is also flanked by two museums: the Museum of Fine Arts and the Palace of Art. The square has witnessed many momentous events in Hungarian history, such as the reburial of Imre Nagy in 1989, who was executed for leading the 1956 revolution against Soviet oppression. It should be noted that Imre Nagy his coworkers and his family were kidnapped by the Soviet Russian forces from the Yugoslavian (now Serbian) Embassy on the east side of the square. The square is a symbol of national pride and identity for Hungarians. Notice that in China you can find copies of this square. Very peculiar.