statue of Maria Theresa in Bratislava

Bratislava, Slovakia · built 1897

The Maria Theresa Monument was a monumental marble equestrian sculpture of the Hungarian Queen Maria Theresa made by the prominent Hungarian Presbyterian artist János Fadrusz, which stood on today's Ľudovít Štúr Square in Bratislava (Pozsony, Pressburg) from 1897 to 1921. On Coronation Hill Square (today's Ľudovít Štúr Square), in the presence of the Austrian Emperor and King of Hungary, Franz Joseph I, a sculptural group dedicated to his great-great-grandmother, the monarch Maria Theresa, was unveiled. Only 23 years later, the statue would be pulled down due to growing anti-Hungarian sentiment in Czechoslovakia.

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