Széchenyi square (Széchenyi tér) is the central square of the hungarian city Pécs. Here one can find most of the prominent buildings of the city, the Mosque of Pasha Qasim, the City Hall, the Baranya County Hall, the Nádor hotel or the Fatebenefratelli Church. The square slopes up a hill northwards, hence here we see its eastern side running south (right side) to north (left). The square was renamed after the hungarian statesman István Széchenyi in 1864.
In this view we see from left to right, the municipal court next to Maria Street, then the Nádor Szálló (Hotel), three domestic buildings, the Kiraly Street (Kiraly Utca) and then the large City Hall of Pécs (Városháza). The latter, an impressive neo-baroque building, was errected in 1907 when the city was still under Habsburg rule, after plans of Adolf Lang. The Nádor Hotel (Nádor Szálló) was originally built in 1846, then demolished in 1902 and a new building in Art Nouveau style was errected after plans of Imre Schlauch. The Nádor – hungarian for Palatine – is the highest ranking official and vice-regent in the Kingdom of Hungary under Habsburg rule.
