What to see

Franciscan Visitor Centre in Alsóváros

Franciscan Visitor Centre in Alsóváros

Situated in Alsóváros, Szeged, the monastery and the church together form Hungary’s second largest church complex, keeping its original function.

Traditional Rural House Museum in Alsóváros

Traditional Rural House Museum in Alsóváros

The God’s Eye motive of the main altar in the Alsóvárosi Church (Lower Town Church), the radial lines, became recognizable ornaments of the houses in lower town.

Interactive Science Knowledgestore

Interactive Science Knowledgestore

How many legs does a centipede have? How many different kinds of falcons live in Hungary? What does antimony-glance look like?

Sándor Koch Mineral Collection

Sándor Koch Mineral Collection

The collection named after Professor Sándor Koch, a passionate researcher of mineralogy, and one-time head of the Institute of Mineralogy and Petrology of the university in Szeged.

Szent-Györgyi Albert Agóra

Szent-Györgyi Albert Agóra

The centre was opened in December 2012 with the aims of presenting the research results of the region in a simple and understandable way and directing children’s attention to natural sciences.

Fortress Museum

Fortress Museum

The fortress in Szeged was built in the second half of the 13th century, probably with the extension of the already existing fortress.

Reök Palace

Reök Palace

The architect Ede Magyar was thirty in 1907, when he constructed Reök Palace, an exemplary piece of Hungarian secession.

Black House

Black House

The building standing at the corner of Somogyi and Kelemen Street is unique in its style, appearance and location.

Móra Ferenc Museum

Móra Ferenc Museum

The most impressive product of the building fever of the millennium in Szeged is the Palace for Public Education built in neo-classicist style in 1896.

Somogyi Library

Somogyi Library

Károly Somogyi, prebendary of Esztergom, aimed to make a contribution to the ‘mental’ reconstruction of the city in ruins after the flood by giving Szeged his priceless collection of books in 1881.

Attila József Education and Information Centre

Attila József Education and Information Centre

The education and congress centre of the University of Szeged.

Alsóvárosi Church

Alsóvárosi Church

The Franciscan church dedicated to Our Lady of the Snows and the cloister nearby are precious architectural heritages of Szeged.

Protestant Church

Protestant Church

The building designed by Frigyes Schulek, completed in 1884, is also called the ‘Cockerel church’ owing to the figure decorating its tower.

Móricz House

Móricz House

The secessionist style, four-storey historic building stands on the southern side of Saint Steven Square.

Water Tower in St. Steven Square

Water Tower in St. Steven Square

The tower, which can hold 1004,8 m3of water, was designed by Szilárd Zielinski.

Gróf Palace

Gróf Palace

It is a determinant building on Tisza Lajos Boulevard being the biggest protected monument built in secession style in Szeged.

Deutsch Palace

Deutsch Palace

It was designed by Mihály Erdélyi with majolica ornaments in green, blue and orange and built between 1900 and 1902.

Szeged National Theatre

Szeged National Theatre

The theatre opened in 1883 is one of the most beautiful eclectic neo-baroque buildings of the town rebuilt from its ruins

Serbian Orthodox Church

Serbian Orthodox Church

The Serbian Orthodox Church stands on the northern side of the square, close to the bank of the River Tisza.

Musical clock

Musical clock

The tunes of this unique piece of art by watchmaker Ferenc Csúri could be first heard at the Open Air Festival in 1936.

St. Demetrius Tower

St. Demetrius Tower

Outside the Votive church stands the Saint Demetrius Tower, the oldest architectural relic of the city.

Old Synagogue

Old Synagogue

The nicely preserved monument built between 1837 and 843 was created by the Lipovszky brothers, Henrik and József.

City Hall

City Hall

The present City Hall is the third building in the same place with the same function. The first building of a modest design was raised in 1728. It was followed by the second one with the same area as the present hall, designed by István Vedres at the turn of the 18th and 19th centuries.

Reök Palace

Reök Palace

The architect Ede Magyar was thirty in 1907, when he constructed Reök Palace, an exemplary piece of Hungarian secession.

Votive Church

Votive Church

After the Great Flood (1879) destroying the city, the people of Szeged made an oath to build a majestic catholic church.