Gellért Statue (Szt Gellért Szobor) Royalty-Free Stock Photography

The Gellért Monument is a Budapest landmark, most impressive at night when it is floodlit. It is located near the top of Gellért Hill, overlooking the Elizabeth Bridge. The monument, designed by Gyula Jankovits and erected in 1904, is in honour of the 11th century bishop St Gellért who converted the Magyars to Christianity. Below the memorial is a man-made waterfall. You can get a close look at the statue by climbing the steps that lead from Elizabeth Bridge. Legends says that Gellért was put to death by pagans at this spot by putting him in a barrel and rolling it down the steep Gellért Hill and then throwing it into the Danube.