The square is the highest point of the downtown, the starting point of the birth of the town. During the Hungarian Conquest, Grand Prince Árpád established his royal centre here, as the island, which rising out from the marshland, could be protected well in case of a hostile attack. It was also well- known by Prince Géza, who built a four foiled, oriental type church, royal palace and a castle around it on the highest point of the island.

It is worth watching the houses of Megyeháza street, which remind us to the Middle Age in their structures.

The roundel of the castle wall that closed the southern edge of the medieval town, was standing here. Between the present day Szent István Square and Vörösmarty Square there were gardens. The garden which belongs to the neighbouring Carmelite church reached the middle of the present square. The roundel which was standing here – was demolished first.

From here the panorama is splendid to the former castlewall. The medieval castlewall had been demolished in the 18th century, on its place a supporting wall was built which separated the hillock of the early royal castle from the moat and the beyond territories.

The almost 1 metre wide townwall was surrounded by a moat. In the middle age the connection was done by draw-bridges, the passage was through the town gates which were defended by the guards. At the beginning, there had been two town gates.

The so called Goldziher-house maybe one of the oldest house in the country. In front of the building the original street level can be seen

The present day street system, the romantic winding house rows were born not for their own sake, they still preserve the medieval street structure. The castle walls were built- adapting the terrains- on the headland that reaching the marshlands and the medieval downtown street lines were formed following the castle walls.

The statue holds the memory of Constable György Varkocs who was killed in action. During the Turkish siege (1543) the town judge- worried about the outnumber- wanted to hand over the fortress to the Turkish Sultan, although the constable and his soldiers endured to the end….

The present day Várkapu name is not an accident: the demolished tower (1872) of the former Budai gate stood here. From the two town gates it was the bigger one, where the traffic from the north happened. Our kings arrived through this gate to participate the most glittering ceremonies, including their own coronation ceremonies.

The late, quadratic layout royal castle, which was erected on the former place of the demolished old castle was standing on the spot among the Basa, Bástya streets, the Várkörút and the Országzászló square. The palace walls were parallel with the townwalls.

It is not accidental that we can find Matthias King- Mátyás király Avenue and Várkörút- Castle Round Road in the town, since walking along these we can take a stroll „around” the medieval castle.

The former bishop of Fehérvár, Ottokár Prohászka gladly spent his time under the shadow of the trees in the park, who is the eponym of the grove. „The Apostle and the tutor of Hungary” was serving in the town for 22 years, his moral is preserved in the 14,2 m high Prohászka monument. The angel is holding a cross in its left hand, its pedestal is the closing pillar of the town wall. Down ont he pillare Ottokár Prohászka’s relief can be seen.

Take a glance tot he castle wall behind the trees and the bushes! Besides the Várfal park this is the other spot in the historical downtown, where the medieval town wall can be discovered on a longer section (100m) in its original height and restored condition. Béla IV had the wall surrounded the whole downtown built - a mixed masonry, mostly ashlar- after the Mongol Invasion to protect the town against the newer attacks.

Wathay Ferenc Constable dignified statue is the artwork of Elek Lux. Wathay recaptured Székesfehérvár in 1601 from the Turkish. The Sultan could not acquiesce in the defeat, attacked again and he could managed to occupy the town. In August 1602 during the seige of the town the wounded Wathay and his soldiers were captured by the Turkish.

A legrövidebb út vissza a Városház térre a Romkert hármas tagolású várkapuján át vezet. A kapu csupán szimbolikus, hiszen soha nem állt itt igazi várkapu. A középső, legszélesebb ív alatt autóút haladt át a 70-es évekig, az Országalmát megkerülve kanyarodott el a Fő utca felé.