Budapest, Hungary 2008

A closer look at the Millennium Monument.  The back of the monument consists of two matched colonnades, each with seven statues representing great figures of Hungarian history. Topping the outer edge of the right colonnade is a statue of a man holding a statue and a woman with a palm frond representing Knowledge and Glory. In the corresponding position on the left colonnade is a statue of a man with a scythe and a woman sowing seed representing Labor and Wealth. At the inner top edge of the left colonnade is a male figure driving a chariot using a snake as a whip representing war, while on the facing end of the right colonnade is a female figure in a chariot holding a palm frond representing peace.

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