Behind the Vigado lies Gizella Square; surrounded by large buildings, among others the Haas Palace, and ornamented by a magnificent marble monument of the Poet Michael Vorosmarty (by Kallos and Teles). The poet sits on a high pedestal listening to the inspired singing of the people; 24 figures representing the different social classes of the Hungarian nation, are singing his "Szozat" the hymn with which he once so inspired the nation. From Gizella Square, the fashionable street Vaczi-utca leads to the Elizabeth Bridge. In this Street we find the finest shops of the Metropolis, and on winter evenings it is a very favourite promenade together with Kossuth Lajos-utca and Esku-ut.

The two last-named are both fine newly-planned wide streets, and join the Elizabeth Bridge to Rakoczi Avenue. A beautiful bas-relief (by Hollo), on the wall of the Franciscan Church recalls the heroism of Baron Nicholas Wesselenyi, who, during the terrible flood of 1838, at the risk of his own life, rescued many people from certain death.

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Adapted from Illustrated Description of Hungary and its Capital