Szeged

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Votive Church of Szeged

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Water tower

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Telephone tower

Szeged is a city in Hungary. It is the fourth-largest city of the country by population.

Szeged and the surrounding area have been inhabited since ancient times. The University of Szeged is one of the most renowned universities in Hungary.

Landmarks

The town center is recognizable by two important landmarks:

• Fogadalmi templom (Votive Church), a twin-spired church whose construction began in 1913, but due to the outbreak of World War I, it was not completed until 1930;
• Víztorony (Water Tower), a water tower built in 1904 and one of the symbols of reinforced concrete construction in Hungary.

Other landmarks in Szeged:

• Telefontorony (Telephone tower), a TV-tower in Rókus that is the tallest building in Szeged
• Kiskundorozsmai szélmalom (Windmill of Kiskundorozsma), a windmill in the suburban region of Szeged

Connections

Two motorways and two national roads are connected with Szeged:

• The terminal junction of M5 is located to the west of Szeged and heading north to Budapest.
• The M43 starts from the M5 and heads towards the Romanian border.
• The road 47 goes north from Szeged and eventually reaches Debrecen.
• The road 55 goes west from Szeged, and spans into M6.

Szeged Media

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  CsongrádMegye

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  Red_Dot

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  Early 20th-century postcard

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  Szeged during the flood of 1879

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  Széchenyi tér, a Zsótér-ház előtti szélesebb járda. Szemben a Kossuth Lajos sugárút torkolata.

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  partfürdő, háttérben a Felső-Tiszapart, a PICK szalámigyárral.

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  Attila József Study and Information Centre, the most recent building at University of Szeged

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  The ELI-ALPS research institute under construction in 2017

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  The new office building of the EPAM Systems, completed and opened in September 2017

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  The Ferenc Móra Bridge on the M43 Motorway near Szeged

Other websites

• Official website with cam (Hungarian)