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“Gold train” of Hungary exhibited in Budapest
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The original train was built in 1938 to carry one of Hungary’s most important national and Catholic relics around in the city.
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The country has a history of over 1000 years. Our “founding father”, Saint Stephen, the first king of the Hungarian state, was crowned in 1000. He is probably the nation’s most significant figure, whose robust and elegant statue you can find on Heroes’ Square. Everything he left for his son and the country is a true relic that needs to be protected. Like the “Saint Right” (Szent Jobb), King Stephen’s mummified right hand that created the foundation of the Hungary we know today.
Our most important relic is currently in the Saint Right Chapel of the Saint Stephen Basilica in the city centre. There was a time when it was intended to be rolled around in the city on wheels, bringing it closer to the people.
A train was built in 1938 for the relic to be put in one of its carriages.
Unfortunately, the Second World War completely destroyed it, but only after it saved the country’s future.
My mother was on the train so I will show this to her. She was a child and is now 85
My father and his family escaped on it. They were one of the rare whole families on it because his father was a director in the Banknof Hungary and his father was deputy Prime Minister.