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“Public Outrage” About Damaged Holy Decorations on Budapest's Margaret Bridge

• 27 Aug 2024 9:28 AM
• Hungary Matters

The St. István Institute has sent a letter to the mayor of Budapest calling for the fastest possible restoration of the Holy Crown decorations that were vandalised a year ago on Margaret Bridge, the institute said.

In the letter sent to Gergely Karácsony, the institute said it was appalled to see “just ahead of celebrations of our Holy King, the founder of our state … that the leadership of Budapest has still not been unable to restore the most important national symbols decorating one of the busiest bridges of Budapest frequented by foreign tourists.”

They said damage last year to the Holy Crown decorations, which carried “historic messages carved in stone”, had caused “public outrage”.

The institute has launched an online public petition in cooperation with CitizenGo Magyarország which can be signed on that partner organisation’s website.

Hungarymatters.hu reports Budapest Mayor to Order Restoration of Holy Crown Decorations on Bridge

Gergely Karácsony, the mayor of Budapest, promised to restore the damaged decorations of the Holy Crown vandalised on Margaret Bridge a year ago, the St István institute, which petitioned the mayor, said, noting that it had launched an online public petition in cooperation with CitizenGo Magyarország for the restoration earlier this month.

It quoted the mayor as saying on public media that “I condemn every action that seek to desecrate public monuments by removing religious or cultural symbols. Therefore I have ordered the fastest possible restoration of the cross decorations on the Holy Crown on Margaret Bridge.”

​​​​​​​ “We had to wait an entire year for this to happen but our cooperation has yielded result,” the institute said and thanked some 16,000 signatories for their support.

Photo credit: citizengo.hu

Crown after renovations


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