October 23rd is a national holiday in Hungary to celebrate the bravery and lives of those who were killed in the anti-Soviet Uprising in 1956. One of the key centres of the Uprising was the square at Corvin Kor which provided a really strong tactical position as it dominated 2 of the main roads into the city - Ulloi utca and the Korut - vital for the supply and management of any siege that either side may have tried to mount.
The symbol of the resistance is a statue of a boy, called the Boy of Pest and he is annually covered in wreathes and flowers on the 23rd as people turn up to pay their respects - the building has plaques that commerate the lives of those who were involved in the uprising and died either as a result, or later in prison or in exile and is a small oasis of calm off one of the main roads in the city
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