Stepping out through the symbolic city gate, the cityscape unfolds that was developed over the course of decades starting from the 1930s. The medieval city wall was restored here in 1930, and the park in front of it was established, where Bishop Ottokár Prohászka spent quite a lot of time—which is why it was named after him.

At the edge of the park stands the monument to Ottokár Prohászka (created by Károly Weichinger and Béla Ohmann), which joins the castle wall in a way that feels almost like a natural part of it. Here we can also see Elek Lux's statue depicting Captain of the Castle Ferenc Wathay, as well as László Schwalm's statue of King Saint Ladislaus.

Víziváros, stretching to the east of Várkörút, is an area located outside the medieval city walls. The draining of its marshes began in the 1820s. Following this, it initially served as agricultural land, but after a few decades, the neighborhood gradually began to take shape. Step by step, regularly laid-out streets emerged with continuous streetfront buildings and single-story houses. This did not happen spontaneously, but as the result of deliberate engineering. This is also where our next stop leads us…