The Trinity statue of Budapest is situated in the first district on the Trinity square, in front of the Matthias church. The square was built after the siege of 1686, till this time a narrow street led to its gate. During the plague epidemic of 1691 the citizens swore an oath if the epidemic passed away they would set up a trinity statue. The epidemic ended and in 1706 and the statue was made as well but three years later, in 1709 a new epidemic erupted. The habitants vowed this time to erase a higher, a more ornate statue at the place of the previous statue, if they survived this epidemic too. So happened that in 1712 the old statue was transposed to Zsigmond Square in the 3. district and on its place a 14,4 m high baroque statue was set up in 1713 (the statue was made by Fülöp Ungleich and Antal Höger). The artwork was badly damaged in the siege of 1945 that’s why it was carried in to the museum of Kiscell and the resculptured fellow was put in to its place which can be seen today. On the pedestal embossments fall into line, a little bit higher statues of nine saints can be seen (for example the statue of Saint Rókus, the patron saint of the patients and the nurses), on the top the symbols of the trinity can be found.
Budapest, Szentháromság tér
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