Jászai Mari tér

"It has always been possible to cross the Danube at Mari Square in Jásza: the square once housed the village of Révjenő, with its eloquent name, which was destroyed by the Turks. However, the people living here had to wait a long time for the bridge. When the Margaret Bridge was finally opened in 1876, the Vasárnapi Újság celebrated: “Last Sunday, the Margaret Bridge, which was opened to public use at the end of February, was solemnly opened, and which has been a huge and at the same time an elegant link connecting the two banks of the capital for centuries. The significance of the monumental structure is best illustrated by the fact that, in addition to the Chain Bridge, a second permanent bridge now connects the parts of Hungary divided by the Danube.” However, many more years passed after the ceremonial inauguration of the bridge before the area around the Pest bridgehead was also landscaped and landscaped, and in the 1930s, the plane trees that still provide shade were added to the square. Budapest's new square was named after the tragically deceased Crown Prince Rudolf, son of Emperor Franz Joseph and Queen Elisabeth, and then renamed Leiningen, presumably in memory of one of the martyrs of Arad, Charles Leiningen-Westenburg. However, the story did not end there, the name-givers soon changed their minds again: from 1919 the square bore the name Rudolf again, which was soon changed to Crown Prince Rudolf for emphasis. Since 1950, it has been persistently and unwaveringly called Jászai Mari Square, after the famous actress who went from being a rascal to one of the most well-known artists in Hungarian theatre history, and one of the few Hungarian women to have a public square named after her."