New Reception Building at the National Historical Memorial Site of Mohács

Addressing the inauguration ceremony, Speaker of Parliament, Dr. László Kövér recalled the most important stages of the Battle of Mohács and the subsequent period, and then emphasized: the survival of the Hungarian nation can be due to the unconditional following of the national interests, “and we still need this force today".

“Fighting nowadays is conducted without weapons, but we must know that the visible or invisible powers even today set fateful challenges against our country: and we have no less at stake than subjugation or independence. History teaches us the lesson that we can count only on ourselves in times of trouble" – added the Speaker of the House.

Dr. Péter Boross, Chairman of the National Memorial and Funerary Committee believes that we must face our history. He said: it is for six decades now that “the distortion of the national history and the destruction of the sense of nation have begun."

“These occasions are all the more important, as they help us regain the strong sense of nation, which has kept our people for more than a thousand years in the Carpathian Basin" – he said.

The event was closed with a wreath-laying ceremony. On behalf of Dr. Pál Schmitt, President of the Republic, Brigadier General László Szegő, Adjutant General, Head of the Home Defence Department of the Office of the President of the Republic; while representing the Ministry of Defence Dr. Gábor Szarka, Head of the MoD Cabinet Office laid flowers commemorating the fallen heroes at the Memorial Site.

The four-storey new reception building, built in the shape of the Holy Crown, roofed with a 20 meter diameter glass dome, designed by Kossuth-, Ybl- and Steindl-award winning architect György Vadász, will serve as a venue for permanent and temporary exhibitions.