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Fidelity Column

Fidelity Column Fidelity Column - Credit: Wikimedia Commons

Fidelity Column, also known as Victory Monument, is a statue located in Heroes' Cemetery of Timișoara's Lipovei district. The statue was donated to Timișoara in 1853 by Emperor Franz Joseph I as a sign of his gratitude for the resistance shown during the Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence of 1848–1849. It is inscribed in the list of historical monuments with the code TM-IV-m-A-06330. Read more on Wikipedia

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