Procession and wreathing

Date: 22 October 2016, 16:30–18:30
Venue: H-1111 Budapest, Műegyetem rakpart 3-9 – H-1027 Budapest, Nagy Imre tér – Bem tér


Following the commemoration ceremony at BME, a torchlight procession sets off on the route Műegyetem rkp. – Szent Gellért rkp. – Várkert rkp. – Ybl Miklós tér – Lánchíd utca – Clark Ádám tér – Fő utca – Bem rkp. – Csalogány utca – Nagy Imre tér – Fő utca – Bem József tér to the Józef Bem statue

At 17:30, the Flame of Revolution rises in Nagy Imre Square, where Mayor of Budapest István Tarlós delivers a speech

At 18:00, a traditional wreath-laying ceremony begins at the Bem statue, where speakers are President of the Rákóczi Association József Halzl and István Szilárd Szász, PhD of Babeș-Bolyai University (Cluj-Napoca, Transylvania, Romania)

Demonstration at Tanács körút, Budapest in October, 1956. MTI Archive: Fényes Tamás