The year 1896 is not only the time of the birth of the Feszty-Cyclorama but also the time of the heydays of the Austro-Hungarian Monarchy. This was the period when the development of the Hungarian economy was extremely spectacular. The 'promenade' was the walk of the towns of the time. The social life, the holidays, and the weekdays were spent there. Business relationships, social life, and entertainment found their way of expression on the walks.

Until the last decades, fishing was very important in the life of the town. The anglers lived in an area called 'inner town'. The sailors of the Tisza, ship builders, and the construction laborers who owned no land or only a small vineyard also lived there.

In the neighbourhood of the exhibition titled 'Forest as the temple of nature' a yurt stands. The visitors may see an extremely interesting exhibiton in the pavilion where two thousands years of the history of the Hungarians and nature is overviewed.

The local railways enmeshed the area of the Great Plane in 1890 but there was non in the area between Tisza and the Danube. To fill this deficiency the minister of transport initiated the building of roads in 1893. Three roads were built. One of them was the 301 kms long road of Baja-Félegyháza-Csongrád- Békéscsaba-Erdőhegy.