In the quiet border country south of Mohács, not far from the town of Sátorhely, lies the 7ha (171/2 acre) National Park containing the Memorial to The Fallen in the Battle of 1526 (Mohácsi Történelmi Emlékhely). From Road 56 leading towards the border an avenue lined with chestnut trees goes off to the right and leads to the parking lot in front of the memorial.
The park, which was opened on August 29th 1976, the 450th anniversary of the battle, is on the spot where archaeologists have discovered the graves of some 150,000 dead; the memorial site was designed by György Vadász. Visitors enter the park through a bronze gate, and the road then leads to an atrium-like building where information boards document the story of the battle.
The actual memorial site consists of a round area on the battlefield surrounded by trees. On the southwest side the line of trees is broken by a wedge of black Scots pine marking the place where the Turkish army are thought to have stood.
The mass graves lie along pathways arranged in concentric circles. The 120 grave-stones in the form of ancient totem-poles were designed by well-known Hungarian artists. Some are abstract in form, such as the spears surrounding the bell-tower by Sándor Kiss which symbolize the independence and pride of Transylvania, while others are graphically expressionist, for example, the statue of the Sultan Suleiman with the heads of dead Hungarians in his rope basket.
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