This is “Heroes Square” in Budapest, built in 1896 to commemorate the 1000thanniversary of the arrival of the Hungarians to the region. In the middle are large equestrian statues to celebrate the original seven tribes that came from the Steppes. On the flanks are statues of various important people in Hungarian history. In front is the tomb of Imre Nagy, the prime minister who was a leader of the Hungarian Revolution of 1956. This was brutally suppressed with considerable bloodshed, on both sides, and Nagy sought sanctuary in the Yugoslavian embassy, only to be turned over to the Russians and executed. His body was moved here in 1989, and the date of original protests that led to the Revolution – October 23 – is a national holiday in Hungary.