Part of Hungarian history is the Communist era. Would you like to get to know it in a more interesting way, than just reading about it in a guide book? Come to the Memento Statue Park, were all the physical memories of this time have been put together, so everyone could see, touch and feel a bit of this Nation's past.

Displayed in the Park are 42 pieces of art from the Communist era between 1945 and 1989, including allegorical monuments of "Hungarian-Soviet Friendship" and "Liberation", as well as statues of famous personalities from the labour movement, soldiers of the Red Army and other gigantic pieces: Lenin, Marx, Engels, Dimitrov, Captain Ostapenko, Béla Kun and other "heroes" of the communist world.

The Grandstand is a 1:1 replica of the tribune serving as the pedestal for the 8-meter-tall bronze statue of Soviet party secretary, head of state and general, Stalin. The crowd revolting against communist oppression sawed the statue at its knees and pulled it down on the 23rd of October, 1956. The General's boots, however, remained on the pedestal to be a sarcastic reminder of the dictator.

The words of architect Ákos Eleőd, the conceptual designer of Memento Park serve as its motto: "This Park is about dictatorship. And at the same time, because it can be talked about, described and built up, this Park is about democracy. After all, only democracy can provide an opportunity to think freely about dictatorship. Or about democracy, come to that! Or about anything!"