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Magyar or Hungarian by Rudolf Weyr, Neue Burg or New Castle, Vienna, Austria #134478881
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Pictured is one of twenty statues on the fa̮̤ade of the Neue Burg or New Castle, part of the Hofburg Palace, Vienna, Austria. The statues were erected between 1895 and 1901 after a plan by the art historian, Albert Ilg. Magyar or Hungarian by Rudolf Weyr represents Magyar chieftain Lehel, one of the most important figures of the Magyar Invasion of Europe. At the end of the 9th century the Magyars Entered the Carpathian Basin.