Walking Park
Parcul Central Simion Bărnuțiu
Walking Park
Parcul Central Simion Bărnuțiu
Address:
46.77183670615653, 23.583018167102765
Historical Hungarian county:
Kolozs
GPS coordinates:
46.7718367062, 23.5830181671
History
Kolozsvár's Sétatér (Walking Square) is a park in the centre of the town, on the banks of the Little Szamos River. It covers an area of about 13 hectares. Its chestnut trees are over a hundred years old.
In the early 19th century the area was still marshy, known as the Ant Grove (Hangyás-berek) . The townspeople used to come here to hunt wild ducks. In 1812, the town signed a lease agreement with master furrier Meleg János, allowing him to sell wine, beer, mead, distilled spirits and food at the Hangyásberek. In 1818-19, the tenant was the butcher Benigni Éliás, under similar conditions. From 1 February 1827, the Association of Benefactresses, led by Baroness Jósika Jánosné, leased the Hangyásberek from the town to establish a pedestrian precinct. On 1 May 1838, the Municipal Walking Place Committee was established, which took over the task of developing the walking place from the association. It opened in the early 1830s, initially called the People's Garden. In 1855, the military swimming pool was built and was open to the public at certain times. From 15 September 1860, the Sétatér was run by the Sétatér Committee (chaired by Count Mikó Imre). The plans for the lake in Sétatér were made by Kagerbauer Antal at this time.
In 1862 the Choir of the Kolozsvár Youth of Commerce was formed, led by Stöger Béla, conductor of the opera department of the theatre. The choir sang in the evenings on the banks of the lake in Sétatér.
On September 2, 1865, on the initiative of Haller Károly, the Sétatér Association was established. It was a joint-stock company, which took over the organisation and maintenance of the Sétatér from the municipal committee. It had the promenades built, the pond dug and a bandstand erected. In 1871, a Skating Association was formed in the town, which rented the promenade pond and had a wooden skating rink built on its island in 1877. In 1873, a shooting gallery was built. On 13 June 1874, the wooden summer theatre, designed by Zimmermann Henrik, was opened (today it houses the Hungarian State Theatre). In 1896-1897 the skating pavilion and kiosk designed by Pákey Lajos were built. The fountain in front of the casino was also completed in 1897.
In 1900 the Upper Girls' School moved to the new building in Sétatér, designed by Alpár Ignác (today the chemistry faculty of the university is located here). In 1942-1943, the Barabás Miklós Guild Art Hall was built, designed by Kós Károly.
In 2006, a memorial to the Transylvanian victims of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution was planned to be erected in Sétatér. The monument, which depicts a prison door opened a crack, was created by Szakáts Béla, a sculptor from Temesvár. The unveiling took place only on 29 October 2009, due to delays in obtaining permits.
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