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P St István Viaduct

Szent István völgyhíd.

Stretching over the Fejes

valley, from Dózsa György

utca to the St László Church,

the St István Viaduct

(Szent István

Völgyhíd) was

built in 1938, a

major engineering

achievement at the time.

Designed by a

Hungarian, Róbert Folly,

it rises 50 m (164 ft)

above the Séd river

at its highest point.

It offers magnificent

views of the castle and

the Bakony Mountains

to the north.

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VESZPRÉM CITY

CENTRE

Archbishop’s

Palace 3

Bakony Regional

Folk House 8

Castle Gate and

Museum 4

Gizella Chapel 2

Laczkó Dezső

Museum 7

Óváros Square 5

Petőfi Theatre 6

St Michael’s Cathedral 1

St István Viaduct, designed by the

Hungarian architect Róbert Folly

VISITORS’ CHECKLIST

110 km (68 miles) SW of

Budapest. * 60,000.

k 90 km (56 miles) S of centre.

£ Jutási út. @ Piac tér.

ª Piac tér, Szabadság tér.

n Tourinform, Vár utca 4

(088) 404 548. _ Gizella

Art Days (May).

Key to Symbols see back flap

E Bakony Regional
Folk House
Erzsébet Sétány 3. Tel (088) 564 330.

May–Oct: 10am–6pm Tue–Sun.

& 8
Hungary’s first ethnographic
museum, the Bakony House
(Bakonyi Ház) was created in
1935, and modelled on the
19th-century houses of a
nearby town. The house is
built on high founda tions
and has a covered terrace.
A stair case leads to a single
door. Inside, items on show
date to 1700.

E Laczkó Dezső Museum
Erzsébet Sétány 1. Tel (088) 564 330.

Mar–Oct: 10am–6pm Tue–Sun;

Nov–Feb: noon–4pm Tue–Sun. 8
Designed by the local architect
István Medgyaszay, the
Country Museum (Laczkó
Dezső múzeum) was opened
in 1922. It dis plays local arti-
facts and folk costumes dating
back to Celtic times. Most of
the collec tion was donated by
local Piarist monks, after
whose leader, Laczkó Dezső,
the museum was named. It
also housed Hungary’s first
public library, still a leading
research facility.

O Veszprém Zoo

Kittenberger Kálmán út 15–17.

Tel (088) 566 140. # May–Sep:

9am–6pm daily; Apr, Oct: 9am–5pm

daily; Mar, Nov: 9am–4pm daily; Dec–

Feb: 9am–3:30pm daily. & 8 7

http://www.zoo.hu/veszprem

Hungary’s best zoo

(Kittenberger Kálmán

Növény És Vadaspark) is

named after 19th-century

biologist and natural historian

Kálmán Kittenberger

(1881–1958).

Spread over 13 ha

(32 acres) in the

lovely Fejes valley,

it is home to 120

species, includ ing

Sumatran tigers,

Kamchatka bears

and wonde r ful

exotic birds.

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Pedestrian zone

A giraffe in

Veszprém Zoo

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Railway Station
2 km (1.2 miles)
St István
Viaduct and
Veszprém Zoo
BUDAPEST
Séd
Bus Station
Benedek
Hill
Petőfi
Theatre
Bakony Regional
Folk House
Laczkó Dezső
Museum
Town Hall
Castle Gate
and Museum
Archbishop's
Palace
St Michael’s
Cathedral
New
Library
County
Hall
Covered
Market
Pósa
House
Firetower
Gizella Chapel
Gizella
Museum