Heroes' Square At Night, Budapest, Hungary

I'm currently working on an egg tempera painting based on a reference photo taken in Budapest, Hungary. This reminded me of the rather dramatic scenes from a visit which we took there over a year ago.
The first evening we were there, after dinner, we walked down Andrassy Avenue and came upon Heroes' Square. The city is very grand and it almost feels like once upon a time it was inhabited by giants - the architecture is dramatic, the buildings are tall, and rooms are typically constructed with very high ceilings. Heroes' Square is a fantastic display of this grandeur.

The monument is known as the Millenium Monument because it was built in 1896 to commemorate 1000 years of Hungarian history since the Magyar tribes conquered the area in 896.

(Even at this late hour of the evening it wasn't possible to take a photo without tourists getting in the way!)

The colonnades show the kings and princes of Hungary in chronological order.




In the center of the square is a 36 m high column with the Archangel Gabriel on top of it.







Surrounding the column at the bottom are statues of the Magyar chiefs who conquered the land.
Directly opposite one another, on either side of the square, are the Museum of fine Arts and the Palace of Arts. During our visit, there was a Van Gogh exhibition.

Stay tuned for another DweezelJazz post about Budapest, showing views over the city and more interesting architecture.