Budapest mayor to order restoration of Holy Crown decorations on bridge
Gergely Karacsony, the mayor of Budapest, has promised to restore the damaged decorations of the Holy Crown vandalised on Margaret Bridge a year ago, the St Istvan institute, which petitioned the mayor, said on Monday.
The institute launched an online public petition in cooperation with CitizenGo Magyarorszag for the restoration earlier this month.
It quoted the mayor as saying on public media that “I condemn every action that seek to desecrate public monuments by removing religious or cultural symbols. Therefore I have ordered the fastest possible restoration of the cross decorations on the Holy Crown on Margaret Bridge.”
“We had to wait an entire year for this to happen but our cooperation has yielded result,” the institute said and thanked some 16,000 signatories for their support.
