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E Laczkó Dezső VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
Museum
Laczkó Dezső Múzeum Practical Information
Erzsébet sétány 1. Tel (88) 78 81 91. 44 km (27 miles) southwest of
Open 10am–6pm Tue–Sun. & 8 Székesfehérvár. Road Map B4.
The County Museum, designed * 60,000. n Tourinform,
by the local architect István Óváros tér 2, (88) 40 45 48.
Medgyaszay, was opened ∑ veszpreminfo.hu _ Gizella
in 1922. Its collection consists Art Days (May), VeszprémFest
of local artifacts, including (Jul); Street Music Festival (Jul).
folk costumes dating back Transport
to Celtic times. Most of the £ Jutasi út; from Budapest,
collection was donated Székesfehérvár. @ Piac tér; from
by local Piarist monks, for Budapest, Székesfehérvár.
whose leader, Laczkó Dezső, Panoramic shot of the historical town of
the museum was named. It Veszprém, during summer
also housed Hungary’s first O Veszprém Zoo
public library, still a leading P St István Viaduct Veszprémi Állatkert
research facility. Szent István völgyhíd Kittenberger Kálmán utca 15–17.
Stretching over the Tel (88) 56 61 40. Open May–Sep:
E Bakony Regional Folk Fejes Valley, from 9am–6pm daily; Oct–Apr: from 9am
House Dózsa György utca daily, closing times vary with season.
Bakonyi Ház to the St László & 8 7 ∑ veszpzoo.hu
Erzsébet sétány 3. Tel (88) 56 43 10. Church, the St István Hungary’s best zoo, named
Open 10am–6pm Tue–Sun. Viaduct was built in after Africa explorer
& 8 1938, a major engineering Kálmán Kittenberger
Hungary’s first ethnographic achieve ment at the (1881–1958), is spread
museum, the Bakony House time. Designed by a over 130,000 sq m
(1935) was modelled on the Hungarian, Róbert (155,500 sq yards) in the
19th-century houses of Öcs, Folly, it rises 50 m lovely Fejes Valley. It is
south of Veszprém. The house (164 ft) above the River A giraffe in home to 120 species,
is built on high foundations Séd at its highest point. Veszprém Zoo includ ing Sumatran
and has a full-length covered It affords magnificent tigers and Kamchatka
terrace. A small staircase leads views of the castle, the bears, giraffes and elephants,
to a single door. Inside, items Betekints Valley and the Bakony seals, penguins and fine
on show date back to 1700. Mountains to the north. exotic birds.

Veszprém City Centre Benedek
PATAK Hill 0 metres 200
1 St Michael’s Cathedral TÉR St George's
Ú R K ÚT UT C A
2 Gizella Chapel Chapel 0 yards 200
3 Archbishop’s Palace St Michael’s Cathedral
Gizella Chapel
Gizella
4 Heroes’ Gate Museum Archbishop's Séd
5 Óváros tér and Town Hall Palace
6 Petőfi Theatre St István Piarist D E Á K F E R E N C U T C A FENYVES U.
Church
Viaduct
7 Laczkó Dezső Museum Veszprém VÁR UTCA Train Station
Zoo
8 Bakony Regional Heroes' VÖGYI K Ú T U T CA 2 km (1.25 miles)
Bus Station
Folk House Gate TH Ö LÖ K Y U T CA
9 St István Viaduct JÓ KA I MÓR U T C A Town Hall B U HIM UC TA CSAPL A R JÁNDS UTCA Covered
Market
0 Veszprém Zoo Firetower
Pósa
House ÓVÁROS
TÉR
RANOLDER V AS UTCA
JÁNOS RÁKÓCZI U. J U TA SI Ú T
F ESTO UTCA
TÉR
BEM UT C A VIRÁG UTCA KOSSUTH LAJOS UTCA BUDAPEST
HORGOS UTCA
T OB OR Z Ó U TC A SZABADSÁG
TÉR
Key D Ó Z S A G Y Ö R GY ÚT Ó VÁ RI FEREN C ÚT County B U DA PES T Ú T
Street-by-Street pp210–11 Petőfi Hall
BRUS ZNYAI U T CA
Theatre MEGYEHÁZ KORKÁZ U C TA
TÉR
New
Library Laczkó Dezső MÁRTÍROK UTCA
Museum
ERZSÉBET
I SKOLA UTCA
TÉR
Bakony Regional
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