Basic info
 Area: 93,030 km2
 Population: 10,197,119 persons
 Population density: 108 persons/km2.
Sixty-three percent of the population
live in towns.
 Capital: Budapest
(territory: 525 km2; population: 1,775,203
persons)
 Summer season: From the last weekend in
March to the last weekend in October + 1
hour
 Official Language: Hungarian
 Type of Government: republic
 Public administration: 19 Counties and Budapest our county, Tolna is the smallest one
Budapest
 The capital
 It consists of 23 districts
 The river Danube divides the city into two parts Buda and Pest
 There are 11 bridges above the river Danube
 Budapest is a city with 837 historic monuments
 Budapest is famous for art programmes, among the young the most popular is „Island” a
week-long festival
 Hungary’s biggest airport can be found in Budapest
Citadella
Heros’ Square
Parlament
Eger
In the past
Nowdays
 Our first king, St. István had bishopcenter
here in 1009
 The fortress in Eger is a populare
destination for turistis
 It was burnt down by Tatars in 1241
 The Archbishop’s Cathedral, popularly
called the Basilica, is one of the largest
ecclesiastical buildings in the country.
 After the battle in Mohács (1526) it was a
very important fortress of the country
torn into three parts. Its captain was
István Dobó the main character in Géza
Gárdonyi’s novel, The Stars of Eger
 Turkish minaret is a popular historical
monument of Eger
 In the depths of a cave
 The heroes of Eger won against a big
Turkish army attacking the town in 1552
 The Hungarian Renaissance poet, Bálint
Balassi was one of the soldiers defending
Eger in 1578
 Eger had been the part of the Osmanli
Empire for 91 years
Szeged
In the past
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The Hungarian Conquest depicted in a
great panorama by the artist, Árpád Feszty
in 1893 for the 1000th annual of the
historical event, can be seen not far from
Szeged, in Ópusztaszer.
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The Hungarian Conquest held between
895-900.
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The Hungarians’ original homeland was
beyond the Ural montains somewhere
between Volga and Kama rivers.
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The leader of the Counquest was chieftain
Árpád.
Castle of Eger
Nowdays
 The economic and cultural centre of the
Southern Great Plain.
 The hottest city of Hungary.
 Red pepper of Szeged is unique.
 The Votive Church, better known as the
Dome has a square in front of it with
perfect acoustics.
 The main attraction of Szeged is the
famous Open-air Theatre Festival held
annually in July-August on Dome Square.
Panoramic Feszty picture
Panoramic Feszty picture
Tihany and the lake Balaton
In the past
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Nowdays
The Abbey in Tihany was founded by
András I in 1055.
The deed of foundation from 1055 is
the first written record of the
Hungarian language.
King András the first was buried in
the Crypt of the Abbey Church in
1060
 Tihany is a paradise for tourists.
 Tihany is famous for the lavender
grown on the hills of the peninsula.
 The Abbey is a tourist attraction
 Tihany is on the shore of Balaton
Lake which is the biggest lake in
Hungary
Picture from lake Balaton and Tihany:
Mohács
Pécs
In the past
 In the Middle Ages, during the Osmanli
Conquest the Hungarian army led by
Louis II suffered a crushing defeat on
29th August 1526.
 After the Battle of Mohács Hungary
was under Ottoman occupation for 150
years.
 King Lajos II died escaping from the
battle (he was drowned in stream
Csele)
Nowdays
 The battlefield of Mohács is a historical
place with an open-air museum.
 The main attraction of Mohács is the
traditional celebration of ending the
winter with bonefires and scary masks,
called „Busó walking”.
Pécs
In the past
 Under the Roman rule the town, called
Sopianae was the capital of Easten
Pannonia.
 In the Middle Ages the city walls encircled
a larger area then that of contemporay
Vienna.
 Our first king, St. István founded an
episcopacy here in 1009.
 The town had a hospital in 1181.
 King Lajos the Great founded a university
in the town in 1367.
Main square of Pécs
Nowdays
 Pécs situated beyond the Mecsek
mountains, is the unofficial capital of
Southern Transdanubia.
 It became the Cultural Capital of Europe
in 2010 (together with Istambul ☺)
 The djami of Pasha Gazi Khasim built at
the end of the 16th century is the Inner
City Parish Church.
 It is a city of universities.
 It’s famous for the Zsolnay chine.
There is an adventure park, called „Mecsextrem”.
It is popolar among the young people.
The famous Zsolnay chine