Memorial Session in the National Museum

After the glorious victory gained five hundred and fifty-five years ago, Europe could breathe a sigh of relief: the key to the medieval Kingdom of Hungary had not been seized by the Turks.

What is more, the victory over the Ottomans was introduced as one of the most glorious chapters in Hungarian history. The noon bell takes us back to the Nándorfehérvár victory every day.

As from 2011, the anniversary of the Nándorfehérvár victory is a national memorial day, the proposition was passed in the National Assembly on July 4.

The Professors’ Batthyány Circle, MP Sándor Lezsák, Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, MoD Parliamentary State Secretary Dr. István Simicskó, as well as many other Members of Parliament joined the initiative. The National Memorial Site and Funerary Committee were also among the first organizations to support it.

At the memorial session held in honor of the anniversary of the triumph, László Csorba, the director-general of the Hungarian National Museum welcomed the participants, and László L. Simon, the Chairman of the Committee on Cultural and Press Affairs of the Parliament delivered a speech. Following that, several guests – among them István Gedai, the deputy chairman of the National Memorial Site and Funerary Committee – recalled the historical events.

In his speech the moderator of the event, Gergely Kovács a member of the Hungarian National Museum quoted from the book entitled ’The Noon Bell in Hungary and the World’, which has recently been published by Zrínyi Media. The author of the volume, Zsolt Visy was the last speaker, and the strains of the noon bell closed the event.

At the joint memorial session Maj-Gen. (Ret.) (Eng.) Dr. János Isaszegi, the Head of the Book Editorial Office of the Zrínyi Media distributed complimentary copies of the new publication. The volume was purchasable on the venue.

Photo: Tünde Rácz

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