The application was submitted on 24 May to the Department of Construction and Heritage Protection of the Government Office of the Capital City of Budapest, which was published in the ÉTDR. 

The document for the building, which became known as the Márványmenyasszony Restaurant says “construction of a new residential building, demolition of an existing building”, which means that a new residential building is planned to replace the Marble Bride building, but it is not yet known how the new building will look.

News of the demolition of the restaurant circulated in the press more than a year ago, but soon after the protest, the Prime Minister ordered the initiation of a monument protection procedure, giving the Márványmenyasszony building temporary protection for a year. However, this expired earlier this year, so it became possible to demolish the house again, and a permit has now been issued. 

As we wrote earlier, the cultural and historical significance of the Márványmenyasszony restaurant, founded in 1793, is given, among other things, by the fact that István Széchenyi's wedding in 1836 and Miklós Wesselényi's in 1845 took place, but many artists and politicians turned within it. The importance of the house is precisely its memento nature: the fact that it has served as a restaurant since its foundation is a living piece of the past. Although the building has been rebuilt countless times (so far it has not been able to enjoy monument protection), its walls could still tell the colorful stories of gorgeous noble weddings, civic entertainments, beautiful beauties and flattering seducers. 

Cover photo: The Márványmenyasszony buildingin 2021 (Photo by google streetview)