In the early 1970s a national memorial committee was established to develop what was, according to
legend, the site of the Hungarian conquest, and also to commemorate the land redistribution of 1945, which
was known as the second conquest.
In 1970 it had already been decided that the museum complex should consist of the garden of ruins, the
open air Village Museum and a building which was to recall the era of the Hungarian conquest through its
shape and that could also house the Panorama Painting by Árpád Feszty. Facilities for receiving tourists and
museum visitors had to be created in the wooded area.
Today visitors to the Memorial Park can see how well these plans have been realised. The glass cupola
above the entrance gate, designed by the architect István Kiss, is in the shape of a tent. It is called Szeged
Gate because it was built with the assistance of the nearby city. Its pillars are by different Szeged architects
and the inner wall is decorated with a 76 cubic metre bronze relief by Valéria Tóth depicting the afeast of
the new bread".