In 1904 Dezső Bécsi bought a house lot from the city administration near Dózsa (current Plevnei) square, obtaining a building permit for a three story residential building in July 1905.
A chief silvicultural engineer and renowned hunter in the Lipova area, Dezső Bécsi inserted into the façade a decorative band that separated the ground floor from the second floor, referencing his passion for hunting through the use of boar head ornaments. A member of the “Hungarian National Hunting Association” since 1902, Dezső Bécsi even won a gold medal in the Vienna hunting exposition of 1910.
There are also a series of local urban legends to dispel, legends that would link the existence of the boar heads to the proximity to Plevnei square, a former livestock market, or to the building’s connections to the Capdebo (Romanian for “Oxhead”) family.
Returning to the façade’s decoration, we note the second floor oriel windows, the circular solution to the building’s corner as well as the details of the various types of plaster used to subtly mark the area of the façade.
As part of the entrance, we discover a monogrammed set of initials, “BD”, on a shield placed in the door’s overlight, a set of guard stones that flank the entrance and an elaborate arch keystone that is decorated with anthropomorphic motifs that represent Medusa, characteristic of 1900 Art.
A surprising presence among Timișoara’s ornaments, the city’s plaster boars still tell hunters’ tales of local heritage, more than 100 years from the building of Paráczi Dezső Bécsi palace.