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Kálmán from Budapest

About me I've done a variety of things in the past, a good part of them centred on words: poetry, translation, journalism. I have a history of English studies at college, and of a mighty array of knicks and knacks that are not proper jobs. I like hearing stories and telling stories: they're edifices built of facts (or falsehoods, or falsehoods that are truer than facts, as the case might be)...
""Centenary Memorial Statue" Budapest was built in 1973 to commemorate the unification of Buda, Pest and Óbuda. It's definitely unique; love it or hate it."

If you approach Margit Island from the south - via Margit Bridge -, you'll see a public fountain, with a large, rather strange-looking statue standing close to it. If you have a taste for the bizarre, you'll find this statue worth checking out.

Built in 1972 to commemorate the '73 centenary of the unification of Pest, Buda and Óbuda (and thus the formation of Budapest proper), this large metal spiral is... well, hard to describe. I know for a fact some people find it awesome, and I imagine some might find it absolutely hideous. Personally, I've decided after much thinking that I find it "weird", but I'm happy I checked it out after a friend's rave about it.

It's hard to give a good description of these two embellished spiral towers that have countless plaques and items emerging from their surface, so all I'll say is you should go there and have a look. And if you find any hidden message in the teddy bear, the stick hand grenades, the candelabra and "Revolution! Revolution! Revolution!" sign, do tell me about it.

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About me I've done a variety of things in the past, a good part of them centred on words: poetry, translation, journalism. I have a history of English studies at college, and of a mighty array of knicks and knacks that are not proper jobs. I like hearing stories and telling stories: they're edifices built of facts (or falsehoods, or falsehoods that are truer than facts, as the case might be), but they tell us everything that facts alone never could. About Budapest Because it's old and full of memories, and because it's young and alive and constantly growing and changin...

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