Twin spires
With clocks.
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The Votive Church, or Szeged Cathedral, is a twin-spired church in the city of Szeged in southern Hungary, on Dóm Square beside the Dömötör Tower. It is the fourth-largest church in Hungary. Work began in 1913 and finished in 1930, fulfilling a pledge by the people of Szeged to build a cathedral after the flood that destroyed most of the city in March 1879. Frederick Schulek designed it on the site of the old St. Demetrius Church, of which only the Dömötör Tower, Szeged's oldest building, remains. The towers rise 91 metres and the dome 54 metres outside, and it holds one of Europe's largest organs, with about 9,740 pipes. The cathedral is built of red brick, with two tall pointed clock towers, a red dome and white stone carving around the doors and windows. The wide Dóm Square surrounds it, lined with brick arcades, and from afar the towers rise above the city roofs and the banks of the Tisza. In summer Dóm Square hosts open-air theatre festivals. The square is the same size as St Mark's Square in Venice.
With clocks.
Brick arcades.
Szeged's oldest building.
Dóm Square, Szeged, Hungary
As a pledge after the 1879 flood.
Summer open-air theatre.