Around the park the buildings are exclusively residential, in Art Nouveau style, forming a homogeneous architectural ensemble.
[3] Before 1892, this area was east of the border of the non aedificandi belt, on which it was forbidden to build until the renunciation of the military fortification character of the Timișoara Fortress.
[4][5] Until 1903, this wasteland was used as a wood depot and animal fair, the pig market (German: Viehmarkt; Hungarian: Disznóvásár tér).
[6] Shortly after the parcellation of the land, between 1903 and 1910, the east, north and west sides of the square were completed with buildings specific to the Secession style, forming one of the most elegant architectural ensembles of the city.
[3] In the park, in the sunken area, there are a bronze statue of Gheorghe Doja, made in 1957 by Andrei Szobotka and the sculptural ensemble "Lesson about the cube", by Linda Menczel.