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Interesting places in Vác:| Piarist High School | Váci dóm | |
| Open-air pool | Dunagyöngye Cinema | |
| Training ground | vaci rev | |
| Catholic University | Greek-catholic church | |
Vác (: ''Vacov'', German: ''Waitzen'', Latin: ''Vacium'') is a city in Pest county in Hungary with approximately 35,000 inhabitants. The town is occasionally known in Hungarian by the archaic names ''Vacz'' and ''Vacs''. (...)
The Cathedral of Vác
Town Prison
Triumphal Arch of Vác
Architectural Sights
- Cathedral Vác's cathedral on Konstantin tér is the building that defines the town. It was begun in baroque style but completed in Neoclassical. It can only be visited during mass or by prior arrangement for tourists, so you may just have to stand outside, admiring its massive columns and statues.
- Március 15 tér. The main square of Vác is a blend of Rococo and Baroque mansions, but you'll also note the archeaological diggings that dominate the area. The Dominican Church is the baroque cathedral dominating the south side of the square. There is also the Town Hall and the former Bishop's Palace, which stands at #6.
- Town Prison on Köztársaság u. is still a functioning prison. It gained notoriety during communism and the Horthy regime for being one of the cruelest prisons in the area and there are several famous escape stories. Today you can get eerily close to the building and see the guard towers, as well as a memorial for those who were imprisoned and died there.
- Round Tower is on the northern end of the waterfront. It is the only remaining part of the former town fortifications. Today it is built into a far more modern house.
- Diadalív (Triumphal Arch) is on Köztársaság u. just north of Március 15 square and flanking the town prison. Also sometimes called the Stone Gate, it was built in 1764 at what was then the town boundary to welcome Empress Maria Theresa. It is notably smaller than most other similar arches (only one lane of traffic can go under it and there are no stairs to the top), still it is nonetheless a beautiful structure in the city.
Museums
The town's only real museum is the Ignác Tragor Museum , , though it has several branches. The main offices are on Zrínyi u. 41/a.
- Memento Mori is on Mar. 15 square and houses the findings of the Dominican church crypts, including a few mummies.
- The Medieval Cellar on Széchenyi utca 3-5. leads visitors down into a cellar built by King Matthias and displays archeaological findings.
- Greek Church Exhibition Space is on Március 15. tér 19. contains history, art, and culture from the once thriving but now nearly non-existant Greek Church in Vác.
- The Gyula Hincz Collection on Káptalan utca 16. features an exhibit on the history of the town (though it is all written in Hungarian) and a loft featuring artwork for local painter Gyula Hincz.
- Diocesan Museum on Március 15. tér 4. is a collection of church arts and relics.
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Vác
Made by Istvan
Vác is a small city on the shore of the Danube north to a 40 km ride from Budapest, Hungary, famous for its cement works, jailhouse built in the 19th century, and for being an episcopal centre of the Hungarian Catholic Church. The picture shows the northern and central parts of the city, you can trace the industrial estate, the stone-pit, the whitewashed old wing of the legendary jailhouse, and the towers of many churches. The most important of them, the Vác Cathedral with its two full towers, dome and two half-towers can be seen on the middle of the right section. This was taken from the west side of Szentendrei-sziget, from the ferry-boat port (you can also spot the ferry-boat in action in front of the Vác shores), and reveals the secret of my former picture. The stone-pit's red rocks can be seen on that image, as well, though from a different angle, taken from a further 10 km distance to the north, in Kisoroszi. 14 closely shot frames are stitched here, but finally I cropped the whole for a better display of the main subject. I was hesitating on framing off the wooden platform of the ferry-boat port, but if you look at it, there is a wonderful crawl on the water just at the corner of the construction - that's why it remained.
DSC_0842 On the Danube
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We are between Vác and Tahitótfalu. (Hungary) A váci kompon vagyunk 2004-ben. At úticél: Királyrét. Nem is tudtam, hogy a Vác és Tahitótfalu közti részt Waitzennek hívják. Hiába, mindig tanul az ember. :-)
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