Prohászka László: Polish Monuments - Our Budapest (Budapest, 2001)

The bronze statue of Zamenhof

It was not by chance that the statue was placed near the Rác baths. A memorial stone commemorating the 51st Esperanto Congress held in Budapest in 1968 is nearby. The bust was stolen twice—in 1994 and 1998—by still unidentified offenders. It was recovered the first time (in 1996), but not the second time. A statue carved from limestone was placed on the original pedestal in 2000.

A plaque commemorating Polish-born Szilárd Zielinski can be seen on the building at Budafoki út 3 in District XI, not far from the Tabán. The inscription reads: SZILÁRD ZIELINSKI / 1860-1924 / engineer, university professor of engineering / the first doctor of engineering / who introduced ferro-concrete in Hungary / and was the first chairman of the Chamber of Engineers / lived and worked in this house from 1910 to 1924 / Chamber of Engineers, /Etele Circle / Xth District Council Budapest / 1994.

From 1884 to 1888 Zielinski worked for the Eiffel firm in Paris. In Budapest, the commercial port and the water towers of Kőbánya and Margaret Island were built to his designs.

On 1 October 2001, in the Castle District’s Móra Ferenc utca, a memorial plaque was unveiled in memory of actress Mária Lázár (1895-1983), the one42