Gellért Monument
Szent Gellért Emlékmu


The Gellért Monument stands on the eastern side of Gellért Hill, above the Buda end of Elizabeth Bridge.
Saint Gellért
On the northeast slope of Gellért Hill stands a large bronze statue that commemorates the man who was responsible for bringing a new religion to the people of Budapest.

The statue portrays the 11C Gellért (Gerard), the Benedictine Abbot of San Giorgio Maggiore In Venice, who, on his way to Palestine on a pilgrimage, was invited by Hungary's King Stephen to be the tutor of his son, Imre, and to participate in the conversion of the Magyars to Chrisitanity. The 11m bronze figure shows Gellért holding a cross above a heathen Magyar accepting conversion.
According to legend, Bishop (St) Gellért was thrown down this hill to his death during a pagan rebellion in 1046, eight years after Stephen's death.
It is said that several years after Stephen’s death, in 1046, Gellért himself was put to death at the site now known as Gellért Hill. According to historians, he was sent to his demise in a barrel, rolled down the steep hill by those who opposed Christianity.


The Monument
The Gellért Monument was erected in 1904 and designed by sculptor Gyula Jankovits. The statue of the Bishop is framed by an imitation antique pillared portico, and below the sculpture sits a pretty man-made waterfall.

The monument can be seen from all over Budapest, especially at night when it is illuminated. 

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