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E Archaeological P Király Utca VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Museum Király utca.
Széchenyi tér 12. Tel (72) 31 27 19. Largely pedestrianized, Király Practical Information
Open 10am–6pm Tue–Sun. & 7 utca is an architectural show- Road Map C5. * 156,000.
The Archaeological Museum case. Secessionist façades can n Tourinform, Széchenyi tér 7.
features Goths, Huns, Tatars, be seen at Nos. 5 (Palatinus (72) 51 12 32. _ Spring Festi val
Visigoths and other invaders, Hotel; superb lobby), 8, 10, 19 (last 2 weeks Mar); Pécs
but perhaps the highlight is and the National Theatre; the Cultural Heritage Festival
the story of Roman Sopianae, twin-towered St Pauline Church (2nd and 3rd week Sep).
∑ iranypecs.hu
a popular posting for Roman at No. 44 is Baroque.
officers. A valuable treasure, Transport
a bust of Marcus Aurelius u Synagogue £ Indóház tér. @ Zólyom utca.
has a room to itself. Zsinagóga
Kossuth tér. Tel (72) 31 58 81.
U Gazi Kasim Pasha Open May–Oct: 10am–5pm Sun–Fri, U Jakovali Hassan Mosque
Mosque/ Inner City or by appointment. & 7 Jakovali Hassan Dzámi
Parish Church This grand Neo-Renaissance Rákóczi út. 2. Tel (20) 400 93 01.
Gazi Kasim Pasha Dzámi/ synagogue, built in the 1860s, Open Apr–Oct: 10am–6pm Tue–Sun;
Belvárosi templom shows the high standing the Nov–Mar: 10am–4pm Fri–Sun, or by
Széchenyi tér. Tel (72) 32 19 76. 5,000 practising Jews had in appointment. & 8
Open 9am–5pm Mon–Sat, 1–5pm Pécs society until 1944, Though this 16th-century mosque
Sun. & 7 when the Arrow Cross was converted into a Catholic
Built on the site of a Gothic government sent church in 1714, its 23-m- (75-
Christian church in 1579 for all of them to ft-) high minaret is still
Pasha Gazi Kasim, this mosque Auschwitz. Fewer intact (but closed). A
was the largest in Hungary, than 500 survived. museum since 1975, it
and remains its most impor tant A memorial docu ments the Turkish
Turkish monument. Converted commemorates occupation of Pécs.
into a Christian church in those who were Many of the exhib its
the late 17th century, calli- killed. Services were donated by the
graphy at the entrance and take place in the Turkish govern ment as
a prayer niche are reminders smaller prayer hall a semi-official apology
of its origins. at the side. Façade of Pécs Synagogue in the early 1990s.

Pécs City Centre KÁLVÁRIA UT CA
1 St Peter’s Cathedral
PAP N Ö V E L D E UTC A
and Bishops’ Palace AR ADI VÉR TAN I K Ú T JA Old Town
Walls
2 Zsolnay Museum Zsolnay
Museum
3 Csontváry Museum St Peter’s A N N A UT CA
4 Apáca Street and Early Cathedral K ÁP TAL AN U TC A HUNYADI UTCA MEGYE UTCA J Ó Z SE F U T C A DR . M A JORO SSY IM RE UT C A
Christian Mausoleum DOM Nemes SZEPESY UTCA SZENT MOR UTCA Puppet
TÉR
5 Archaeological Museum Bishop's ISTVÁN Museum Archeological M A R I A UTCA Theatre FLORIÁN UTCA
SZENT
Palace
6 Gazi Kasim Pasha Mosque/ ESZE TAMÁS U. TÉR J A N U S PANNONIUS U T C A Museum JÁNOS UTCA
Gazi Kasim
Inner City Parish Church KLI MÓ G YÖR G Y U TC A Csontváry Mosque
Museum
7 Király Utca Early Christian SZÉCHENYI KIR Á LY U T C A
TÉR
Mausoleum
8 Synagogue APÁCA UTCA National Theatre
Szerecsen
9 Jakovali Hassan Mosque Pharmacy PERC Z E L UTCA Aquarium- F E L S Ő M A LO M U T C A
FE R EN C ES E K UTCA JÓKAI Terrarium
KORHÁZ TÉR Zsolnay Fountain
TÉR M U N K ACS Y UT C A
MÁTYÁS KIRÁLY UTCA I RG ALM A
Jakovali Z RIN YI UTC A Synagogue T Í M Á R U T C A BUDAPEST
Hassan
Mosque VÁ R AD I A NTA L U TC A JÓKAI UTCA TERÉZ UT CA S O K U TC A KOSSUTH
TÉR
0 metres 100 R Á K Ó C Z I Ú T CITROM UTCA R Á KÓ C Z I Ú T
Ethnographic ALSÓMALOM UT C A
0 yards 100 Museum
Shopping
Centre
Key SZABADSÁG UTCA BA JC SY- ZS I LI NS Z KY U T CA
RÉ T U T CA
JÓKAI UTCA
JÓZEF A. UTCA NAGY LAJOS KIRÁLY ÚTJA
Street-by-Street pp192–3 Market Bus
Train Station Station
200 m (220 yards)
ZÓLYOM UTCA
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