Dóm tér


'Cathedral Square' contains Szeged’s most important monuments and buildings, including the Votive Church, and is the centre of events during the annual summer festival.


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1. National Pantheon

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The National Pantheon – statues and reliefs of more than 100 notables running along an arcade around three sides of Dóm tér – is a crash course in…

2. Votive Church Exhibition Centre

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This new exhibition space opened in the crypt of the Votive Church below Dom tér in 2016. It examines the history of the cathedral and the surrounding…

3. St Demetrius Tower

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The Romanesque Demetrius Tower in Dóm tér is the city's oldest structure and is all that remains of a church erected here in the 12th century. It can be…

4. Votive Church

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The twin-towered Votive Church is a disproportionate brown-brick monstrosity that was pledged after the flood in 1879 but not completed until 1930. About…

5. Heroes’ Gate

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This gate was erected in 1936 in honour of Miklós Horthy’s White Guards, who were responsible for ‘cleansing’ the nation of ‘reds’ after the ill-fated…

6. Serbian Orthodox Church

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The Zopf-style Serbian Orthodox church in Dóm tér, dating from 1778, has a fantastic iconostasis: a central gold 'tree', with 70 icons hanging from its …

7. Reök Palace

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The Reök Palace is a mind-blowing green-and-lilac art nouveau structure, built in 1907, that looks like a decoration at the bottom of an aquarium. It’s…

8. Ferenc Móra Museum

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The erstwhile Palace of Education (1896) now houses this excellent museum containing a colourful collection of folk as well as traditional trades from…