This landscaped five-hectare plaza is traced by Eclectic-style mansions and monuments like the City Hall and Hotel Tisza, which was once a magnet for famous writers, composers and poets.
Until the flood of 1879 Széchenyi Square was a marketplace and parade ground bounded by the western walls of the city castle.
After Szeged was liberated from the Ottomans and regained its rank as a Free Royal City in 1715, the square became the administrative centre of the city.
