The Rákóczi staircase starts in Revoluției street and leads to the tailors' bastion in the Medieval Fortress on Avram Iancu street. It has 70 steps and was built in 1902 by Sóos Pál  who contributed to the construction of an impressive number of buildings in Tîrgu Mureș at the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century: The Sinagogue, the Seat of the Shoemakers' Association, the Building of the Seklar Crafts Museum. It was named after Francis Rákóczi II who led the Hungarian revolution at the beginning of the 18th century, also known as the Revolt of the Kurutzy, against the Austrian rule in Transylvania. On April 5, 1707 Rákóczi was officially installed as prince of Transylvania during a solemn ceremony. The religious mass that took place on this occasion was celebrated in a chapel built by the Jesuits on the current venue of the Roman Catholic Church. The revolution ended in 1711 by the peace of Satu Mare. Bibliography: Pompiliu Teodor, Secolul luminilor în țările române în vol. Istoria României , Ed. Corint, București, 2002, pp. 236. Ioan Eugen Man, Considerații privind evoluția urbană în perioada de trecere spre orașul modern, in vol. „Tîrgu-Mureș, oraș al artelor”, published by the Tîrgu-Mureș City Hall in cooperation with the "Vatra" review, p. 49.