Budapest - Engels Square

(Local Name: Engels tér) Almost 2ha (5ac) in extent Engels tér was once the site of a cemetery and is today the location of the long-distance bus station. In the center of a lawn stands the Danubius Fountain, designed by Ybl in 1883 and originally set up on Kálvin tér. The figures on the fountain by L. Feszler were overhauled by D. Gyori in 1959. They symbolize the Danube and its three largest tributaries, the Drau, the Theiss and the Save. One the east side of the square is a marble memorial by G. Kiss (1906) commemorating Frau Veres (1815-95), who was outstanding in the field of education for women.

J. Horvay (1929) was the sculptor of the bronze figure of a shepherd playing a pipe, on the north-west side of the square. Of considerable architectural merit are the buildings in the Classical manner at József Attila utca Nos. 1 and 2, and the building by J. Hild at József Attila utca No. 16.