Kolodko mini statue · District I

A Rubik’s Cube facing Parliament

It was first sold in Hungary as the bűvös kocka, the magic cube.

What it shows.

A Rubik’s Cube. Ernő Rubik built the first one in 1974; it was sold in Hungary as the bűvös kocka, the magic cube, until it was renamed in 1980.

A Rubik’s Cube facing Parliament. Photo: Globetrotter19, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons.

Why here.

It sits by the steps at Batthyány tér with Parliament straight across the river: Hungary’s best-known invention facing its most photographed building.

The statue’s own story.

Placed in February 2019, it is a second cast of the design.

This is an open sample story, free for anyone to read. It joins your collection when you visit the place.

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Köztérkép: Rubik kocka