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PÉCS CITY CENTRE

Apáca Utca and Early

Christian Mausoleum 4

Archaeological Museum 5

Csontváry Museum 3

Gazi Kasim Pasha Mosque/

Inner City Parish Church 6

Jakovali Hassan

Mosque (^9)
Király Utca 7
Modern Hungarian
Gallery 2
St Peter’s Cathedral
and Bishops’ Palace (^1)
Synagogue 8
VISITORS’ CHECKLIST
202 km (126 miles) SW of
Budapest. * 156,000.
£ Indóház tér. @
ª Zólyom utca, Széchenyi tér.
n Tourinform, Széchenyi tér 9,
(072) 213 315. _ Spring
Festi val (last two weeks Mar),
Pécs Cultural Festival (first week
Sep). http://www.baranyatour.hu
E Archaeological Museum
Széchenyi tér 12. Tel (072) 312 719.

May–Oct: 10am–2pm Tue–Sat;

Nov–Apr: 10am–3pm Mon–Fri by
appt only. 7
This 18th-century building
(Régészeti múzeum) was
converted into a museum in

1922. The highlight is the
      story of Pécs in Roman times.
      The museum also features
      artifacts left behind by Goths,
      Huns, Tatars and Visigoths
      and a bust of Marcus Aurelius.

u Synagogue

Kossuth tér. # 10am–5pm Sun–Fri.

& 7

This grand Neo-Renaissance

synagogue (Zsinagóga), built

in the 1860s, indicates the high

standing that the 5,000-strong

Jewish community had in

Pécs soc iety. They lived in

Pécs until 1944, when the

anti-Semitic Arrow

Cross gov ernment

sent them to camps

in Auschwitz (see

pp194–7). A mem-

orial commem o-

rates those who

were killed.

Services take

place in the

smaller prayer

hall at the side.

U Jakovali Hassan Mosque

Rákóczi út. 2. Tel (072) 313 853.

# Apr–Sep: 10am–6pm Mon,

Tue, Thu–Sun. & 8

This 16th-century mosque

(Jakovali Hassan Dzámi) was

converted into a Catholic

church in 1714, but its 23-m

(75-ft) high minaret

remains intact.

Since 1975 it has

been a museum

docu ment ing the

Ottoman occupa-

tion of Pécs. Many

exhi bits were don-

ated by the Turkish

gov ern ment as a

mark of friendship

in the 1990s.

Key to Symbols see back flap

U Gazi Kasim Pasha Mosque/
Inner City Parish Church
Széchenyi tér. Tel (072) 321 976.

mid-Apr–mid-Oct: 10am–4pm

Mon–Sat; mid-Oct–mid-Apr: 10am–
noon Mon–Sat. & 7
Built in 1579 for Gazi Kasim
Pasha, this lovely mosque
(Gazi Kasim Pasha Dzámi/
Belvárosi Templom) was the
largest in Hungary, and
remains its most important
Ottoman monument.
Converted into a Christian
church in the late 1600s,
calligraphy at the entrance
and a prayer niche are
reminders of its origins.

P Király Utca

Largely pedestrianized, Király

utca is an archi tectural show-

case. Art Nouveau façades

can be seen at No. 5 –

Palatinus hotel (see p392) –

as well as at Nos. 8, 10, 19

and the National Theatre.

The St Pauline Church at

No. 44 is in Baroque style.

Façade of Pécs

Synagogue

Railway Station

200 m (220 yards)

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Bus
Station
Market
Shopping
Centre
Bishops’
Palace
St Peter’s
Cathedral
Modern Hungarian
Gallery
Csontváry
Museum
Gazi Kasim Pasha Mosque/
Inner City Parish Church
Early Christian
Mausoleum
Jakovali
Hassan
Mosque
Synagogue
Ethnographic
Museum
Szerecsen Pharmacy
Aquarium-
TownHall Terrarium
National
Theatre
St Paulin
Church
Nemes
Museum
Archaeological
Museum
Old Town
Walls
Puppet
Theatre