Private tour in Vác by local guide - Magical vibe of an charming baroque town

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1. The third biggest Cathedral in Hungary. Built in classicist style.

   15 min

2. The unique Triumphal Arch in honour of Queen Maria Theresa were built in Baroque style.

   10 min

3. The most important secular Baroque building in Vác is the town hall built between 1736 and 1764.

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4. The Dominicains built their simple-aisled church between 1699 and 1755 in Rococo style and it was decorated for other 15 years. During the restoration work of the Dominican Church in 1994 an invaluable treasure of the cultural history was discovered. The workers have found the crypt of the church. More than 150 years ago the wealthier inhabitants and the members of the church were buried here. In the crypt 262 coffins were placed in the 17th and 18th centuries. The coffins hided spontaneously mummified bodies of the citizens of Vác. Due to the special favourable conditions the corpses have been mummified in natural way. They were men, women, children, craftsmen, monks, priests, military officers, clerks.

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5. The Hospital of the Brothers of Mercy is a U-shaped, baroque house. The Hospital was used by the monks, who settled in Vác in 1763 in order to nurse the sick. They were given a house in the Main Square, which had been built between 1732 and 1751 and meant to be a seminary.

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6. The church stood here for about five hundred years, there was a church in Saint Michael, and the area was built in relation to it. It was transformed several times, the layout that we can see now shows its longest-lived form as revealed by the archaeological excavations.

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7. The only medieval monument still visible today is the Pointed Tower, the northernmost corner tower of the medieval city wall.

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8. Today it is an exhibition place of the Vác Diocese Collection, spectacular exhibitions, and a host of valuable events.

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9. Opposite the Cathedral can be found the Bishop Palace, which was built in the same period.

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10. During the restoration work of the Dominican Church in 1994 an invaluable treasure of the cultural history was discovered. The workers have found the crypt of the church. More than 150 years ago the wealthier inhabitants and the members of the church were buried here. In the crypt 262 coffins were placed in the 17th and 18th centuries. The coffins hided spontaneously mummified bodies of the citizens of Vác. Due to the special favourable conditions the corpses have been mummified in natural way. They were men, women, children, craftsmen, monks, priests, military officers, clerks. The permanent exhibition, which was created in June 2016, was placed in the medieval cellar of a residential building in the main square.

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How it compares in Boedapest

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About Boedapest

Boedapest verbindt heuvelachtig Buda en vlak Pest aan de Donau: een statige hoofdstad van thermale baden, rivierpaleizen en levendige ruïnebars.

Aan de kant van Buda staan op de Burchtheuvel het Burchtpaleis, de Matthiaskerk en de witte torentjes van de Vissersbastei, die allemaal op de rivier neerkijken. De Kettingbrug leidt naar Pest, waar het Hongaarse Parlementsgebouw langs de oever ligt en de Sint-Stefansbasiliek een paar straten landinwaarts oprijst. De Gellértberg met zijn Citadella biedt het wijdste uitzicht.

Top-ranked sights in Boedapest: House of Parliament (Országház), Buda Castle (Budai Vár), Chain Bridge (Széchenyi Lanchid) .

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