Móricz Zsigmond körtér ("'' Zsigmond Móricz circus''") is a square in Budapest, Hungary. Located in Újbuda, or Budapest's 11th District at the convergence of some of Budapest's major boulevards ''

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út, Villányi út, Fehérvári út,'' and ''Karinthy Frigyes út,'' the square in close proximity to the River Danube. From 1929, the square was initially named after Miklós Horthy, but was renamed after famous Hungarian writer Zsigmond Móricz in 1945. It remains a prominent location within the city, and was a scene of fierce fighting in the

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. The main feature of the intersection is the ''Gomba'', or Mushroom. This building, constructed in 1942 in the middle of the

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, featured shops as well as the electrical transformer distributing current to the significant tramway network. As it was in poor condition, the mushroom was earmarked for redevelopment in line with Budapest's cultural district and construction of the M4 metro.Project - Móricz Zsigmond Sq. „Mushroom“ building - Architizier
/ref> The building was fully renovated by the summer of 2014. Budapest's new M4 metro has a stop at the square, as well as the 7, 27, 33, 58, 114, 213, 214, and 240 bus lines and the 6, 17, 19, 41, 47, 48, 49, 56, 56A, and 61 tram lines, the 6 tram line being the busiest tram service in Budapest (along with 4). The shopping mall ''Allee'' (toward

Újbuda-központ metro station Újbuda-központ (lit. "Újbuda-Centrum") is a station on Line 4 of the Budapest Metro. The station is an important traffic junction. Tramways leading to southern Buda cross road traffic from Petőfi Bridge Petőfi híd or Petőfi Bridge (nam ...

) and the square ''Kosztolányi Dezső tér'' along with its park around ''Feneketlen-tó'' ("Bottomless Lake") are available at a walking distance.

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Squares in Budapest {{Budapest-geo-stub

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