Liberty statue - Budapest

Liberty statue looks over the city from its high vantage point on top of Gellért Hill. It was erected by the Soviets in 1947 to remember the people who liberated the city and the country. I'm not sure if the locals found the liberation all that wonderful though and if it was totally welcome or not! Anyway I like the look of the old Soviet statues, their design is really interesting I find. I know they represent some of the worst oppression and tyranny in history but I still like their statues.

Like any other ex USSR republic there were lots of Soviet statues in Budapest, Lenin, Marx, Engels and all those guys. Hungary decided to do something very clever with these old statues, they removed them from their prominent positions in the city and put them in a park on the outskirts of Budapest. Why not try and make some money from these things. Here's a link for the park where the statues are -
http://www.szoborpark.hu/index.php?Lang=en


You can walk up Gellért Hill and as you can see from the photos the view from the top is great. You can see the city (well only the Buda side) beneath you and you can also see beyond the city to the green fields in the distance.