The cathedral is one of the most distinctive buildings in the cityscape. The most monumental work of 20th-century Hungarian Ecclesiastic architecture, it is the fourth largest church in the country. Construction began in 1913 but as a result of World War I the church was consecrated only in 1930. The reliefs adorning the exterior depict the ...

Designed by Miklós Ybl, this neo-Renaissance-eclectic building was built between 1875 and 1879. The lightly structured main section is two storey and has turrets and a covered terrace. The loggia corridor connects it to the outbuilding.

The permanent exhibition contains copies of antique statues and 19th-20th-century paintings from the collection of the Békés County Museum Management. Temporary exhibitions present contemporary artists. The memorial room in the gallery dedicated to Békés-born historian Endre Veress (1868-1953) is arranged with personal belongings, furniture ...

The house was built in a traditional style around 1790. Sándor Petőfi , great figure of Hungarian poetry was born here. The former dwelling is now a museum. The house with its thatched roof and wooden plank gable was not exactly new when in 1821 István Petrovics, a butcher by profession, moved in as a tenant. This is where his wife, Mária ...

The keep of the castle that once stood here was built into the current Baroque-style palace. The palace chapel and banquet hall are decorated with frescoes by Maulbertsch. The palace is home to the archepiscopal library and treasury.Archbishop József Batthyány began the construction of the palace in 1775. Later Adam Patachich had the library ...

This was once the historic centre of the city. The most impressive building is the Votive Church and, in summer, it is the venue for the Szeged Open-air Festival. Up to the 19th century the district of Palánk (palisade), the centre of Szeged, was protected by ramparts and moats. The ramparts started from the west tower of the castle around the ...

Designed by Ödön Lechner and Gyula Pártos , the Secession City Hall was built between 1892 and 1896. The exterior majolica ornamentation was created in the Zsolnay Factory. Bertalan Székely's fresco hangs in the assembly hall. The exterior of City Hall is a fusion of eastern features, French roof design and English architectural motifs. The ...

This is a unique museum of applied folk art from Hungary. More than 2,000 items of applied art are displayed in this 18th-century Baroque brewery and spirit distillery.

Standing on 11th-century foundations, the oldest heritage building of the city is a 12th-century Romanesque structure with 13th-century Gothic top floors. Frescos painted by Vilmos Aba Novákadorn it since the 1931 reconstruction. The Demetrius Tower was discovered when the Baroque steeple of the former St Demetrius church was demolished in ...

Alongside the findings from the excavation of a 12th-century tomb, the copy of a 13th-century red marble king's head, as well as the gilt silver King St Stephen's herm can be seen here. The findings of a 12th-century tomb of an archbishop and the 15th-century wooden statue of St John the Baptist are amongst the innumerable rare treasures to ...

This fine example of 'embrace of genres' is brought to us in a fairy tale house populated by small statues, gingerbread figures and drawings by Mihály Schéner, a graphic artist and Munkácsy Award recipient. A fairy tale world inspired by the vernacular opens before the visitor to this exceptional house. It is home to the collection by Mihály ...

The Ferenc Erkel Memorial House (1810-93) was furnished in his birth house built in 1795. Everyday objects, documents and photographs of the Erkel family can be seen here, amongst them the composer's harmonium and manuscript scores.

Latin, German and Hungarian manuscripts and books originating from the 16th century onwards are kept in the heritage library of the Péter Vajda Grammar School - including a 1728 manuscript, a school history written by Samuel Tessedik. The collection of old Hungarian books includes 462 volumes published before 1711. The huge, 11-language ...

Often referred to as Hungary's St Mark's Square, the buildings and the paving stones are the square's assets. It is enclosed on three sides and the open side faces the River Sugovica, a branch of the Danube that curves under the town. The square is typically Classical, with some Renaissance, Romantic and eclectic elements. Shops, financial ...

This horse-driven mill with horizontal drive wheel was built in a Classical style in 1836. It remained in operation until 1962, the country's last such structure. The shingle-roofed edifice consists of the circular shed and the mill house. There were two large circular pyramid-shaped sheds next to the central mill house where two or ...

Unique in Hungary, there are nearly 100 years of tradition of the artistic and highly prized sewn lace of Kiskunhalas. In the House of Lace visitors may observe the steps in creating the lace as well as the finished products.At the exhibition visitors may learn of the past and present of Halas lace: starting with the distinctively ...

Initially established in 1904 in order to preserve ethnographic treasures, the museum now has an important archaeological collection. Regarded as a valuable part of global culture, the Kökénydomb Venus is kept here. The ethnographic collection was established by Lajos Kiss in the beginning of the 20th century. The most attractive items are ...

The museum founded in 1894 introduces the work of its namesake, József Koszta, the most unique of the Alföld school of painting along with an extraordinarily valuable ethnographic and local history collection. From 1910, painter József Koszta (1861-1949) mostly lived and worked at his Felsőrét farm out of Szentes. The artist's personal ...

This is the Karapancsa part of the Béda-Karapancsa habitats of the Danube-Dráva National Park. Taking into account the Gemenc population, Hungary's largest population of white tailed eagle lives here.

The protected 5,000 hectares of Kígyós Puszta is the most valuable part within the 10,000 hectares that remains of the authentic 'puszta' area in the vicinity of Békéscsaba, Gyula, Kétegyháza, Újkígyós and Szabadkígyós.