Four towers
Over the square.
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Pécs Cathedral is a pale stone church with four tall matching towers at its corners, facing a broad tree-lined square in the centre of Pécs, surrounded by the old town walls and stone ruins. Its foundations date to Roman times in the 4th century, and an early Christian basilica is believed to have stood on the site. The Romanesque cathedral was built after a great fire in 1064 with Italian architects, and towers and Gothic chapels were added in the Middle Ages. It was damaged in the 16th and 17th centuries, and its present form comes from a rebuilding between 1882 and 1891 to plans by the Viennese architect Friedrich von Schmidt. You stand in the square to see the four towers, step inside for the decorated interior, climb a tower for views over the city and hills, and explore the historic quarter around it. It is about 1 km in a straight line northwest of central Pécs. Dress modestly to enter.
Over the square.
City views.
Around it.
Dóm tér, central Pécs, southern Hungary
Yes, with a ticket.
The old town and museums.