Virgin Mary Monument, Timișoara

The monument is a romanesque style canopy set on six pillars, under which lies the statue of Mary, carved in Carrara marble.

The serfs were forbidden to enlist in the crusader army, as leaving the lands would have severely affected the Hungarian nobility.

Legend goes that during György Dózsa's execution, the Jesuits, who were chanting religious songs, saw Virgin Mary's figure in the smoke, which was considered a miracle.

[2][3] In 1877 the nuns of the School Sisters of Notre Dame brought a statue from the Mayer'sche Hofkunstanstalt in Munich at their expense.

[6] The monument is a romanesque style chapel, with a sandstone canopy set on six pillars of Belgian granite with white marble capitals.

[2] The statue is made of Carrara marble and represents the Virgin Mary holding the Christ Child.

Dózsa György († 1514) kegyetlen halála helyén, melyet évszázadok hagyománya őriz, kegyeletes engesztelésül ajánlják ez emlékművet Temesvár városa és lakossága.

On the site of the cruel death of György Dózsa († 1514), which has been preserved for centuries, the city and the people of Timișoara offer this monument as a pious atonement.

Virgin Mary Monument in 1910
The Hungarian inscription behind the chapel