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Cathedral of St Michael
The Cathedral of St Michael, dedicated to St Michael, is on the site of the first bishop’s palace. Parts of it date from the beginning of the 11th century, but the cathedral has been rebuilt many times since then. The early Gothic crypt is original, though.
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House of Arts
The Moorish flourishes of the House of Arts reveals its former life as a synagogue, but these days its a gallery and concert hall. Four of its original iron pillars have been placed outside and enclosed in an arch, suggesting the tablets of the Ten Commandments.
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Hungarian Railway History Park
This mostly outdoor museum contains more than 50 locomotives (many of them still working) and an exhibition on the history of the railroad in Hungary. There’s a wonderful array of hands-on activities – mostly involving getting behind the wheel – for kids.
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Ferenc Martyn Museum
Káptalan utca, running east from Dóm tér to Hunyadi János út, contains a plethora of museums, all of them in listed buildings. The Ferenc Martyn Museum displays works by the Pécs-born painter and sculptor (1899-1986) and sponsors special exhibits of local interest.
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Orthodox Ecclesiastical Museum
A guide will escort you to the Orthodox Ecclesiastical Museum near the main gate. Look out for the Black Madonna of Kazan, presented to the church by Catherine the Great, and the jewel-encrusted Mt Athos Cross, brought to Miskolc by Greek settlers in the 18th century.
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Memorial Synagogue
Gyöngyös was home to a relatively large Jewish community from the 15th century to WWII, and two splendid synagogues bear witness to this. The older of the two, the neoclassical Memorial Synagogue, built in 1820, faces Gyöngyös Stream and now houses the citys TV studios.
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Ecclesiastical Treasury
The so-called House of the Holy Crown (Szent Korona-ház), which served as a safe house for the St Stephens Crown three times from 1806 to 1809 during the Napoleonic Wars, contains the citys Ecclesiastical Treasury, a rich collection of liturgical objects and church plate.
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Roman Civilian Amphitheatre
The Roman Civilian Amphitheatre is about half the size of the one reserved for the military. Much is left to the imagination, but you can still see the small cubicles where lions were kept and the ‘Gate of Death’ to the west through which slain gladiators were carried.
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Mihály Babits Memorial House
One of Hungary’s most celebrated poets, Mihály Babits (1883–1941) wrote avant-garde, deeply philosophical verse that may be obscure (even in Hungarian) but this house where he was born is a good place to see how a middle-class family lived in 19th-century provincial Hungary.
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Matthias Church
Parts of Matthias Church date back 500 years, notably the carvings above the southern entrance. But basically Matthias Church (so named because King Matthias Corvinus married Beatrix here in 1474) is a neo-Gothic confection designed by the architect Frigyes Schulek in 1896.
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Hild Udvar Shopping Mall
Sárospatak counts a number of buildings designed by the organic architect Imre Makovecz, including the anthropomorphic Cultural House on Eötvös utca, the Hild Udvar Shopping Mall on Béla Király tere and the cathedral-like Árpád Vezér College at Arany János utca 3-7.
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Franciscan Church and Monastery
The ruins – no more than a tower and a wall dating to the late 13th century – are in the centre of the island. Habsburg Archduke Joseph built a summer residence here when he inherited the island in 1867. It was later converted into a hotel, which operated until 1949.
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Árpád Vezér College
Sárospatak counts a number of buildings designed by the organic architect Imre Makovecz, including the anthropomorphic Cultural House on Eötvös utca, the Hild Udvar Shopping Mall on Béla Király tere and the cathedral-like Árpád Vezér College at Arany János utca 3-7.
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Janus Pannonius Archaeology Museum
The Janus Pannonius Archaeology Museum, housed in a 17th-century home of a janissary commander north of the church, traces the history of Baranya County up to the time of Árpád. It also contains much Roman stonework from Pannonia, including a bust of Marcus Aurelius.
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Comedy Theatre
The attractive little building on Szent István körút roughly halfway between the Danube and Nyugati tér is where comedies (including Shakespearean ones in translation) and musicals are staged. When it was built in 1896 it was criticised for being too far out of town.
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Zichy Palace
In the stunning baroque Zichy Palace, sometimes used for concerts and plays, you’ll find the engaging Doll Exhibition , consisting of 72 mostly 19th-century dolls and furniture. Look for the 1960s ‘rocker’ dolls and the thoroughly contemporary Harry Potter addition.
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Blagoveštenska Church
The highlight of Fő tér is the Blagoveštenska Church, built in 1752. The church, with fine baroque and rococo elements, hardly looks ‘Eastern’ from the outside, but once you are inside, the ornate iconostasis and elaborate 18th-century furnishings immediately give the game away.
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Cella Septichora Visitors Centre
This early Christian burial site illuminates a series of early Christian tombs that have been on Unescos World Heritage list since 2000. The highlight is the so-called Jug Mausoleum , a 4th-century Roman tomb; its name comes from a painting of a large drinking vessel with vines.
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House of Science & Technology
A Moorish-looking structure dating from 1871, this was once a synagogue and is now used for conferences and temporary exhibitions, including plaster copies of 15 statues by Michelangelo. Theres a cafe here open till 9.30pm daily if you just want to catch a glimpse of the interior.
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Historical Museum
This museum traces Pécs history across two floors of a former tannery with period costumes and clothing, photos and exhibits walking you through the Turkish occupation and explaining how coal mining in the area boosted the development of local factories, including Zsolnay Porcelain
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