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3 Szentendre many galleries exhibiting the
25 km (16 miles) N of Budapest. work of local artists.
* 20,000. £ from Batthyány tér. The Ferenczy Museum has
@ from Árpád híd. g from Vigadó ten different exhibition locations,
tér (summer only). n Dumtsa Jenő including Pajor Manor with its
utca 22. Tel (06 26) 31 79 66. Belgrade three permanent exhibitions on
Cathedral: Pátriárka utca 5. Tel (06 26) 31 the art of Szentendre. Another
23 99. 7 Museum of Serbian Eccles- notable part of the museum is
iastical Art: Pátriárka utca 5. Tel (06 26) the Margit Kovács Ceramics
31 23 99. Open May–Sep: 10am–6pm Museum located at Vastagh
Tue–Sun; Oct–Apr: 10am–4pm Tue– Győrgy út 1.
Sun (Jan & Feb: Fri–Sun). & 8 To the west of town is the
Pajor Manor: Kossuth Lajos utca 5. Hungarian Open Air Museum,
Tel (06 26) 92 09 90. Open 10am–6pm an ethnographical museum,
Tue–Sun. ∑ femuz.hu. Hungarian illustrating the different
Open Air Museum: Sztaravodai u.
Tel (06 26) 50 25 01. Open Mar–Nov: Hungarian regions and their
9am–5pm Tue–Sun. & rural architecture and culture
2 Visegrád ∑ skanzen.hu across the social groups, from
the 18th to the 20th century.
Only 25 km (16 miles) outside
40 km (25 miles) N of Budapest.
* 1,800. @ from Újpest Városkapu. Budapest, Szentendre is a town 4 Vác
g from Vigadó tér (summer only). built and inhabited by a
n Rév utca 15. Tel (06 26) 39 81 60. succession of Serbian refu gees. 40 km (25 miles) N of Budapest.
Castle: Tel (06 26) 39 81 01. Open Mar, Most of Szentendre’s older build- * 36,000. £ from Nyugati pu.
Apr & Oct: 9am–5pm daily; May–Sep: ings date from the 18th-century. @ from Újpest Városkapu. n
9am–6pm daily; end-Oct–Nov: Március 15 tér 17. Tel (06 27) 31 61 60.
9am–4pm daily; Dec–Feb: 10am–4pm
Fri–Sun (25 Dec–10 Jan: 10am–4pm Vác has stood on the eastern
daily). & 7 Mátyás Museum & bank of the Danube since AD
Visegrád Palace: Tel (06 26) 39 80 26. 1000. Destroyed by war in the
Open Mar–Oct: 9am–5pm Tue–Sun; late 17th century, the town was
Nov–Feb: 10am–4pm Tue–Sun. & rebuilt and today its centre, built
8 by arrangement. ∑ visegrad.hu around four squares, dates from
the early 18th century. At its
Set on the narrowest stretch heart is Marcius 15 tér, where the
of the Danube, the village of Town Hall and Fehérek Church
Visegrád is a popular tourist are located. At the northern-
destination, thanks to its most end of the old town, on
spectacular ruined castle. Köztársaság út, is Hungary’s only
A 25-minute walk, or a short Arc de Tri omph. This was built in
bus or taxi ride will take you up Blagovestenska church in Fő tér, 1764, after a visit from the Habs-
to the castle from Visegrád. Built Szentendre’s main square burg Empress, Maria Theresa.
in the 13th century by King Béla The town’s cathedral, built in
IV, this was once one of the finest Orthodox religious tradition lies Classicist late-Baroque style, is
royal palaces ever built in Hungary. at the heart of the town, which the third largest in Hungary.
The massive outer walls are still contains many Orthodox
intact, and offer stunning views churches. The west ern European
over the surrounding countryside. façades hide Slavic interiors
Halfway down the hill, in the filled with in cense, icons
Salamon Tower, is the Mátyás and candlelight.
Museum, a collection of items Blagovestenska Church
excavated from the ruins of the on Fő tér, is just one example.
Visegrád Palace. Built by King Look out for the magnificent
Béla IV at the same time as the iconostasis that separates the
castle, the palace was renovated sanctuary from the nave. Also
two centuries later, in magnificent of interest is Sunday mass at
Renaissance style, by King Belgrade Cathedral.
Mátyás Corvinus (see pp26–7). Next door is a Museum of
Destroyed in the 16th century Serbian Ecclesiastical Art, full
after the Turkish invasion, then of icons and other religious
buried in a mud slide, the ruins artifacts. Since the 1920s,
were not rediscovered until Szentendre has been home to
1934, when the excavations an ever-increasing number of Arc de Triomph in Vác, built in honour
took place here. artists and the town contains of Empress Maria Theresa
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