Pécs

Pécs Cathedral

Pécs TV Tower

Magasház ("tall house")

Pécs is a city in Hungary. It is the fifth-largest city of the country by population. The city is located on the slopes of Mecsek mountains. Many People of Danube Swabians background life there and named local as Stifolder or Stiffoller, because there Ancestors came once from Fulda (district).

Landmarks

The town center can be recognized by two important buildings:

• Szent Péter és Szent Pál székesegyház (Pécs Cathedral), a church recognizable by its four tall towers;
• Pécsi magasház ("Tall-house of Pécs"), a big residential building which was found to have problems, was emptied in 1989 and demolished in 2016.

Pécs also have 1 more recognizable-building:

• Pécsi tévétorony (Pécs TV Tower), a tall television tower standing in the Mecsek mountains.

Connections

It's situated between M6 and M7 motorways, both of which originate from Budapest.

There are also minor roads providing access to Pécs. A westward road (Road 6) provides connection (via Road 68) to the western end of M7, furthermore to the Road 8. An eastward road (Road 55) connects the city with Szeged.

Trivia

Twin-cities of Pécs:

• Arad, RO
• Cluj-Napoca, RO
• Dijon, FR
• Fellbach, DE
• Graz, AT
• Grenoble, FR
• Kraków, PL
• Kütahya, TR
• Lahti, FI
• Lyon, FR
• Novi Sad, RS
• Olomouc, CZ
• Osijek, HR
• Pula, HR
• Seattle, US
• Sliven, BG
• Terracina, IT
• Tucson, US
• Tuzla, BA

Pécs Media

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  BaranyaMegye

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  Red_Dot

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  Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs (Sopianae)

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  Barbican in Pécs (Hungary).

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  Crypt of the cathedral from the Middle Ages

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  Stone shield pattern of Pécs with Old Hungarian script (circa 1250 AD)

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  The mosque of Gázi Kászim pasa (pasha Qasim the Victorious)

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  Yakovalı Hasan Paşa Mosque

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  Pécs Main Square before 2009

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  Country Hall in Pécs (Hungary).