Béni Ferenczy’s life-size bronze statue of the poet is located in Petőfi Square. It was created in 1960 and it marks the beginning of a new era in sculpture and the fine arts, in general.
The cliché-free, lifelike artwork has become a reference point and sets the gold standard for sculptors and commemorative sculpture. The statue was originally intended for the courtyard of the Ambrosiana in Milan, but it was eventually displayed in Gyula and only a replica was sent to Italy. The pathos-free rendering of the revolutionary poet and the raging emotions that are reflected on his face make the statue seem to be in motion. The original plaster cast of the statue of Petőfi is in the possession of the Hungarian National Gallery.
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- 5700 Gyula Petőfi square 4.
Visitgyula offers
5700 Gyula, K.Schriffert József street 2.
5700 Gyula, Corvin street 13., I. floor.
5700 Gyula, Kossuth Square
Various locations in Gyula
5700 Gyula, St. Nicholas park 1.
5700 Gyula, Castle Garden
5700 Gyula, the end of Szélső street
5700 Gyula, several locations
The entrance to the park is located about 100 meters from Tiborc street 51, in a wooded area, next to Fehér-Körös.
5700 Gyula, Kisökörjárás, geographic number 2742.
5700 Gyula, Siórét farm 35.
Gyula, city centre
5700 Gyula, Farm Siórét 50.
Gyula, at several locations
5600 Békéscsaba
