Kodály körönd is a

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,Kodály körönd
budapest.com, accessed September 2010 at the intersection of

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and Felsőerdősor u., with beautifully painted old buildings and statues of four of Hungary's great heroes in each corner. It is also a station on the yellow ''M1 (Millennium Underground)'' line of the

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. The four heroes are: * György Szondy (1500–1552) - Hero against the Ottoman invasion who, on July 9, 1552, with his troops, stood his ground against Ali Pasha when those in neighboring castles fled. *

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(1508–1566) - Defender of the

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against the Ottomans. *

Bálint Balassi Baron Bálint Balassi de Kékkő et Gyarmat (, ; 20 October 1554 – 30 May 1594) was a Hungarian Renaissance lyric poet. He wrote mostly in Hungarian,István Nemeskürty, Tibor KlaniczayA history of Hungarian literature Corvina, 1982, p. 64 ...

(1554–1594) - Celebrated poet during the same war against the Ottomans, giving voice to love and honor. * János Bottyán (1643–1709) – "Blind Bottyán" – popular name of Bottyán János, who fought against the Ottomans under the

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, liberating

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, but who later became a general in the war of independence against the

under

Francis II Rákóczi Francis II Rákóczi (, ; 27 March 1676 – 8 April 1735) was a Hungarian nobleman and leader of the Rákóczi's War of Independence against the Habsburgs in 1703–1711 as the prince () of the Estates Confederated for Liberty of the Kingdom of ...

, 1705. He is "blind" because he lost an eye while fighting the Ottomans. The four buildings on the square form a full circle, with Andrássy út and Szinyei Merse utca intersecting in the middle. There are no turns at the intersection, but one can use a surrounding rotary instead, and the heroes are in each pie-quarter cut out by the intersection and the rotary. The circus was named ''Körönd'' (circus) from the 1890s, ''Hitler Adolf tér'' (

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square) from 1938, renamed ''Körönd'' in 1945, then, in 1971, named after

Zoltán Kodály Zoltán Kodály (, ; , ; 16 December 1882 – 6 March 1967) was a Hungarian composer, ethnomusicologist, music pedagogue, linguist, and philosopher. He is well known internationally as the creator of the Kodály method of music education. ...

who once lived in one of the buildings there. ''Körönd'' and its renaming in the 1930s play a central role in

Vilmos Kondor Vilmos Kondor (born 1954) is the name (possibly pseudonym) of a successful Hungarian author. He's been dubbed as "the creator of Hungarian crime fiction". His seven crime novels, known as the "Sinful Budapest" or "Budapest Noir" Cycle, depict t ...

's 2012 novel '' Budapest Noir''. Image:Szondy György kk.JPG, Statue of György Szondy Image:Kodály Köröndi mural.JPG, Mural on a building File:Békemenet a Köröndön 2014.03.29 - Egy az ország - 2014. április 6 (1).JPG, Peace March for Hungary (29 March 2014) File:Peace March for Hungary - 2013.10.23 (36).JPG, Demonstration

References

* Derzsi Elekes Andor: Terézváros, Andrássy út 94 szám in: Metapolisz 802 Budapest, 2014, {{DEFAULTSORT:Kodaly Korond Squares in Budapest