Shoes on the Danube Bank
The Shoes on the Danube Bank is a memorial erected on 16 April 2005, in Budapest, Hungary. Conceived by film director Can Togay, he created it on the east bank of the Danube River with sculptor Gyula Pauer to honour thousands of people massacred by fascist Hungarian militia belonging to the Arrow Cross Party in Budapest during the Second World War.
- Memorial
- …is partly wheelchair accessible
- …is inscribed with “To the meomory of the victims shot into the danube by arrow cross militiamen in 1944-45”
- Description: Memorial in Budapest, Hungary
- Established: April 17, 2005
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Széchenyi Chain Bridge and Hungarian State Opera House.
Széchenyi Chain Bridge
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Hungarian State Opera House
The Hungarian State Opera House is a historic opera… Hungarian State Opera House is situated 1 km east of Shoes on the Danube Bank.
Kossuth Lajos tér metro station
Kossuth Lajos tér is a station on the M2 line of the Budapest Metro. Kossuth Lajos tér metro station is situated 200 metres north of Shoes on the Danube Bank.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Budapest and Víziváros.
Shoes on the Danube Bank
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Latitude
47.50397° or 47° 30′ 14″ north
Longitude
19.04479° or 19° 2′ 41″ east
Open location code
8FVXG23V+HW
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OpenStreetMap feature
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Vietnamese—“Shoes on the Danube Bank” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Կոշիկներ Դանուբի ափին”
- Azerbaijani: “Dunay sahilindəki ayaqqabılar”
- Catalan: “Les sabates del Danubi”
- Chinese: “多瑙河岸的鞋子”
- Chinese: “多腦河畔之鞋”
- Czech: “Boty na dunajském nábřeží”
- Czech: “Boty na nábřeží Dunaje”
- Dutch: “Schoenen op de Donaukade”
- Esperanto: “Ŝuoj ĉe Bordo de Danubo”
- Esperanto: “Ŝuoj sur la bordo de Danubo”
- French: “Chaussures au bord du Danube”
- German: “Schuhe am Donauufer”
- Greek: “Παπούτσια στην όχθη του Δούναβη”
- Hebrew: “נעליים על הדנובה”
- Hungarian: “Cipők a Duna-parton”
- Indonesian: “Sepatu-sepatu di Tepi Danube”
- Italian: “Scarpe sulla passeggiata del lungodanubio”
- Italian: “Scarpe sulla riva del Danubio”
- Korean: “다뉴브강가의 신발들”
- Persian: “کفشها در کرانه دانوب”
- Polish: “Buty na brzegu Dunaju”
- Russian: “Туфли на набережной Дуная”
- Russian: “Туфли на набережной”
- Serbian: “Ципеле на обали Дунава”
- Spanish: “Zapatos a orillas del Danubio”
- Spanish: “Zapatos en la orilla del Danubio”
- Swedish: “Skorna på Donaustranden”
- Turkish: “Tuna kıyısındaki ayakkabılar”
- Ukrainian: “Взуття на річці Дунай”
- Vietnamese: “Giày đi dạo trên sông Danube”
Notable Places Nearby
Highlights include Nemzeti Adó- és Vámhivatal and Anabelle Bed and Breakfast.
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