On 26 October, the General Assembly of Budapest decided on the naming of several public areas. The representatives unanimously decided to name a square in the 2nd District after Ottilia Solt, an outstanding figure of the Hungarian social and human rights movement, MTI announced. In the 8th District, a hitherto anonymous public area will be named Vagon Street, and in the 12th District, a section of Eötvös Road will be renamed Kopp Mária Promenade, in honour of the doctor and psychologist.
In the 14th District, a park is named after Eszter Pécsi, the first Hungarian female architect, and Margit Slachta, the first Hungarian female parliamentarian, and a square is named in memory of the poet Margit Szécsi.
Source: MTI
Cover photo: In the 12th District, a section of Eötvös Road will be renamed the Kopp Mária Promenade (Photo: Google Maps)
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