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Coming across statues
every step of the way
Throughout the city, we can find statues that make you (the work of Rita Sörös) is mainly popular among the chil-
stop and take pictures. István Széchenyi and Lajos Kossuth dren. Napkerék (Sun Wheel), the sculpture by István Bors
are freemen of our town, their statues stand in the squares in the Europe Park, also functions as a carousel, while his
named after them. Prime Minister Imre Nagy was born works of art depicting the four seasons decorate the pools
in Kaposvár, and his statue was inaugurated on the 40th of the fountains in the Gáspár Noszlopy Street.
anniversary of the 1956 revolution in the park bearing his At the beginning of the 2000s, a new tradition took root
name. The statue of the painter József Rippl-Rónai also in Kaposvár. In order to strengthen the feeling of belong-
appears in several places: he sits next to the fountain pool ing within the town, the municipality, together with the
in the Rippl-Rónai Park, on a donkey cart on Fő Street, families, planted a tree for the small children living here.
while his statue with the one of Endre Ady is found in the However, due to the shortage of available spaces, we cel-
street named after the poet. ebrate the expansion of the local community in a diff erent
The works of many artists of Kaposvár decorate our public way today. The Tree of Life bronze statue was completed
spaces and parks. Tótágas (Clown) is ‘stretching himself’ with the help of sculptor Katalin Gera, on which more
in the Europe Park, while Igéző (Enchanter) is watching than 2,000 copper leaves with the names and the dates of
the street from the wall of house at No. 1 Fő Street and birth of the children were placed. The growth of Kaposvár
Florentin is resting in front of the Rainbow Culture Palace; is shown by the fact that the leaves filled the foliage of the
these statues are all the works of art of Klára Weeber, who statue in just a few years, and so a second Tree of Life was
decorated her sculptures with small verses. Th e Playing completed in 2012, and a third Tree of Life in 2021; all
Children in front of the house at no. 10 Ady Endre Street created by Katalin Gera.
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