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. Synagogue
Abandoned in 1945
when Kecskemét’s remaining
Jews were forced to flee the city,
this glorious Baroque buil ding is
today known as the House of
Science and Technology. It
I has been converted into a
S
Ő conference centre
R exhibiting replicas of
K Ő Michelangelo
Y sculptures.
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R A K O C Z I Ú T

K O H Á R Y K Ö R Ú T

S Z A B A D S Á G T É R K L A P K A U T C A . Ornamental Palace

Built as a private home
in 1902, and covered in
brightly coloured
K Ö R Ú T
C S Á N Y I J .
arabesques, the Cifra
Palota hosts exhibitions
of the City Art Gallery.
K AL VIN
TÉR
Calvinist
New College
This imposing
build ing from 1912 is
still a college today, but a
part is given over to an
exhibition of Calvinist
K E T T E M P L O M K O Z
ecclesiastical art and history.

Zoltán Kodály
Institute of Music
Education

Franciscan Church
While this is the oldest church
in the city, dating from the
14th century, the Baroque
tower and interior frescoes
date from the 1790s.

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