Baranya County

sights.uz lists 41 historic and notable places in Baranya County, Hungary. Among them are 9 monuments, 16 eco-tourism sites and 16 museums.

Mosque of Pasha Qasim

The Downtown Candlemas Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Hungarian: Belvárosi Gyertyaszentelő Boldogasszony-templom), formerly known as the Mosque of Pasha Qasim (Hungarian:…

Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs

The Early Christian Necropolis of Pécs is a Roman cemetery and archeological site in Pécs, Hungary. Dating from the 4th century AD, the necropolis contains many decorated tombs,…

Yakovalı Hasan Paşa Mosque

The Yakovalı Hasan Paşa Mosque (Hungarian: Jakováli Hasszán dzsámija, Turkish: Yakovalı Hasan Paşa Camii) is an early 17th-century mosque in Pécs, southern Hungary. It was…

Abaliget Cave

Abaliget Cave is the longest stream cave in the Mecsek Mountains. The cave and its one‑hectare surface area have been among Hungary's specially protected natural values since…

Szársomlyó

Szársomlyó (also known as Harsányi or Nagyharsányi Hill, colloquially Ördögszántotta Hill, in old times Várhögy or Sár-Sumlu) is the highest, 442‑metre mountain mass of the…

Lake Orfű

The Orfű Lakes artificial lake system is located about 10 km northwest of Pécs, at the northern foot of the Mecsek.

Lake Dombay

Dombay Lake is a small artificial lake in the Eastern Mecsek, on the side of Zengő, in a tiny valley, 2 kilometres southwest of Pécsvárad. It was created in 1960 by Baranya…

Malkocs Bej Mosque

Malkocs Bey Mosque or Malkocs Bey Jami is one of the surviving Hungarian monuments of Ottoman architecture from the period of subjugation, a 16th‑century Jami located in Siklós,…

Pasha Ferhad's Mosque, Pécs

The remains of Ferhád Pasha's mosque are located in the centre of Pécs, on the site of the demolished Kazinczy Street number 4. Archaeological excavations uncovered the remains…

Lake Pécs

Lake Pécs (Hungarian: Pécsi-tó) is a lake in Hungary. The lake is located north of the village of Orfű, in Baranya county; surrounding villages are Mecsekrákos and Tekeres. It is…

Csontváry Museum

Csontváry Museum serves to present the work of Tivadar Kosztka Csontváry (1853-1919) in the centre of Pécs, in the immediate vicinity of the Pécs cathedral and the early…

Zsolnay Mausoleum

The Zsolnay mausoleum is a building located in the “Ledina” district of Pécs, which was the burial place of the Zsolnay family. The mausoleum was renovated, so it has been open…

Kelet-Mecsek Tájvédelmi Körzet

The Eastern Mecsek Landscape Protection Area is a protected area under the nature conservation management of the Danube–Drava National Park Directorate in Baranya County, located…

Zsolnay Museum

The Zsolnay Museum is the permanent exhibition of the Janus Pannonius Museum, located in the oldest still standing residential house in Pécs, at Káptalan u. 2. The exhibition…

Victor Vasarely Museum

The Victor Vasarely Museum in Pécs is one of the most important museums on Káptalan Street.

Episcopal Palace (Pécs)

The Episcopal Palace in Pécs is a historic building located on the western side of the Pécs cathedral, which was largely built during the 12th century. The last major…

Nyugat-Mecsek Tájvédelmi Körzet

The area of the West Mecsek Landscape Protection District is 10 316 hectares, of which 9 625 hectares are newly protected natural area. The landscape protection district belongs…

Our Lady Church (Máriakéménd)

The Our Lady Church in Máriakéménd is a Roman Catholic church and pilgrimage site in the Diocese of Pécs. It was built north of the village, separated by a good half kilometer…

Jakab-hegy Remete Cave

The Remete Cave of Jakab Hill was a small-sized cave that opened near the Zsongor stone at the southern slope of Jakab Hill in Kővágószőlős, which is in the Danube–Drava National…

Straw-Treasure-Store

The Szalma-Kincs-Tár museum collection, which is located in Zengővárkony (Baranya county), near the Míves Tojás Museum.

Batthyány-Montenuovo Mausoleum, Bóly

The Batthyány–Montenuovo mausoleum is the family mausoleum of the Montenuovo princes built in neo‑Romanesque style in Bóly, Baranya County.

Szerecsen Pharmacy Museum

The Szerecsen Pharmacy (as many know it, the Sipőcz Pharmacy) is the first pharmacy in Pécs, which today operates as a pharmacy museum.

Medieval university of Pécs

The medieval university of Pécs is Hungary's first university (in Latin: studium generale), founded by King Louis I in Pécs in 1367. Very few written documents have survived…

Tímár House (Pécs Historical Museum)

The Pécs City History Museum was established in 1985 from the material of the New and Recent Historical Department of the Janus Pannonius Museum. The permanent exhibition…