The Marek Čulen Monument formed the centrepiece of a small park beside the new building of the Slovak Government Office.  

Marek Čulen (1887–1957) was a Slovak politician, participant in the anti-fascist resistance, and founder of the Communist Party of Slovakia. 

The statue, a larger-than-life depiction of a standing figure in three-quarter length, was set on a tall prismatic pedestal. 

The politician is portrayed in a stylised, expressively realistic manner with distinctive hand gestures and head held high. Wearing an unbuttoned coat with a high collar, he gazes into the distance. 

Southwest of the statue’s location, a concrete block with a sloping top bears the socialist symbol of a five-pointed star and the politician's name. 

The monument is the work of a prominent Slovak sculptor. However, owing to the controversial nature of the politician it depicts, an influential communist official in the post-war years and key figure in the forced collectivisation of agriculture, several initiatives were launched to have the statue removed and placed in a repository. This has also long been the case for two other monuments to Čulen sited outside Bratislava. Findings from the Nation's Memory Institute’s detailed research into the politician's activities then provided further arguments for removal of the monument from public space, and on 16 October 2025 the city of Bratislava had it removed. The statue was transferred to the GMB repository, and the park at the end of Leškova Street in which it stood is undergoing comprehensive revitalisation. 

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Research status as of 31. 10. 2025.