Varga László - Lugosi András (szerk.): URBS. Magyar Várostörténeti Évkönyv XIV. - URBS 14. (Budapest, 2020)
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316 Abstracts had been established before the 1775 Cemetery Act. There are houses from the cemetery to the lower town mill. The only building under monument protection in the square is the Standi House near Temetőköz (Cemetery Lane). In 2002 it was demolished, but in line with the requirements of the historic preservation authority the building has been rebuilt in its original form. The most decisive and most beautiful buildings of the square are the buildings of the post office and of the court. The post office building was once owned by Béla Hőnél, architect. It was completed in 1909. Apart from the County Hall it was the only building planned as a two-story building in the town. This construction replaced the placing of the Stadtgraben canal underground from both health and aesthetic reasons. The square was called Post Square, from 1928 on officially Városkapu (Town Gate). The 1908 Huber House was built as a house on Main Road, nowadays it is also a part of the square. The District Court building was built in 1929, designed by Miklós Menyhért, a Budapest architect. Now, this is the place of the court and the public prosecutor’s office. Landscape gardening started in the square in 1930 in order to have a better view of the court building. In the same year, the Budapest-Vienna international high road was transferred to the eastern side of the square, to the Count István Széchenyi Street, today Fő (‘Main’) Street. The limestone obelisk in the square was built on 28 May 1933 to commemorate World War 1. ‘Heroes’ Day’ was held here till the end of World War II and from the regime change it is held again. In the 1930s ‘Everybody’s Christmas Tree’ was set up here, too. The square served as a crossing point for the district and town buses before 1978. By 2011 the greenness of the square regained its 1930s form. In 2016 the square was rewarded the special award at the Entente Florale Europe. János Fleisz From Szent László tér (St. Ladislaus Square) to Egyesülés tér (Square of Union) Main square in Nagyvárad (Oradea), as an important place of conflicting symbols The study shows how the main square of Nagyvárad, once Szent László Square, now Piata Unirii was formed, its gradual building in, several alterations and the recent modernisation and the different dimensions of its experience and interpretations. It emphasises the importance of the square in the life of the town, how its look shaped till the end of the 19th century and the changes in the 20th century till today. It illustrates how an outstandingly important public place became the symbolic means and manifestation of the political power. In the beginning of the times of the dualistic era ecclesiastical symbols, later Hungarian national sings appeared in the square. Due to the changes after World War I the main square of Nagyvárad became one of the places of conflicts of symbols. As a result of the changes in the power and the Romanian efforts to build a na
