City of Székesfehérvár
Székesfehérvár is a city in central Hungary and is the 9th largest in the country. Located around 65 km southwest of Budapest. It is inhabited by 101,973 people with 136,995 in the Székesfehérvár Subregion. The city is the centre of Fejér county and the regional centre of Central Transdanubia. In the Middle Ages the city was a royal residence and was one of the most important cities of Hungary. In the Székesfehérvár Basilica, 37 kings and 39 queens consort were crowned, 15 rulers have been buried here, the diets were held and the crown jewels were kept here.
The name Székesfehérvár means "white castle of the (royal) seat". In Hungarian, the city is known colloquially as Fehérvár.
Main sights to see
* Historical centre (Baroque, Classical) buildings
* St. Stephen Cathedral (burial place of several medieval kings incl. St. Stephen and Béla III)
* St. Anna Chapel (Gothic, built around 1470)
* "Ruin Garden": Ruins of medieval church founded by St. Stephen
* Episcopal Palace (Zopf style)
* City Hall
* Zichy Palace (Zopf style manor house, 1781)
* King Stephen Museum
* Doll Museum
* City Museum
* City Gallery
* Csitáry source (mineral water source)
* Serbian Quarter (12 thatched peasant houses and a Byzantine-style church, won a Europa Nostra award in 1990)
* Bory Castle (20th century; a fantastic castle-like structure built by the sculptor Jenő Bory and his wife with their own hands)
* Globus crucifer (a stone image of the royal symbol of power of the same name)
* Vörösmarty Theater, the oldest theater of the country
* Flower clock
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