Katinyi Memorial Park

Óbuda

Constructed:
2010

On behalf of the Municipality of Budapest, the Budapest Gallery announced an international competition for the design of a sculpture commemorating the martyrs of Katinyi in front of the Árpád High School in the 3rd district of Budapest, which was won by sculptor Géza Széri Varga. The sculpture is centred on a reinforced concrete cube with a black granite slab. The memorial is located on the Szőlő street side of the design area, on the axis leading to the memorial plaque, on a lawned surface further from the street. The elongated area is intersected by paving stripes similar to the axis of the sculpture, providing access towards the high school. A recurring motif in the green spaces between the pavements is the grey-coloured, high performance concrete strips. On the side facing Zápor street, columnar memorial oaks were planted in high performance concrete planters.