Faurest, Kristin: Ten spaces - Our Budapest (Budapest, 2010)
Teleki László tér
■ Addins o gas station on the edge ojj the square was perhaps not the best urban planning strategy... The district itself first began to take shape around the 1720s, but Teleki tér is solidly a product of the i9thcentury. Teleki tér is a place worth visiting not for its present beauty - of which there is precious little - but for the prism of its colourful and brutal history. Like every other space described here, it has its own special kind of beauty, but it's certainly more elusive than that of, say, Szent István park or Károlyi-kert. Unlike nearby Mátyás tér, it has not yet been treated to a high-quality revitalization. And unlike so many other parts of District VIII, the neighbourhood does not exude faded grandeur; it was, in fact, never particularly grand, elegant or wealthy. Teleki's history starts around 1805, when city plans called for it and nearby Köztársaság tér to remain undeveloped market space. The square itself has had a proper name since the 1850s. It was originally called Cattle market square, then Teleki from 1879, for Count László Teleki (1811—61), landowner, politician, writer and diplomat in the 1848—49 revolutionary government. The square was host to cow and horse markets but it also has a deep literary history. Géza Bereményi's Eldorado film, later to become a stage play 44
