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Zsolnay porcelain manufacture
On the area of their world-renowned ceramic, the Zsolnay heritage lives on with a new content in a worthy manner, at the a beautifully restored 5-hectare area of land. A total of 15 protected historic buildings and 88 public Zsolnay statues feature the scenic parks and promenades.
The most beautifully situated church in Pécs and a very popular place of pilgrimage, the Church of Our Lady of the Snow, on the southern side of the Mecsek Hills, now known as Havihegy, has been waiting for centuries.
After the plague epidemic of 1690-91, the citizens of Pécs, keeping their vow made during the plague, built a church in honour of the Blessed Virgin Mary of Snow. On the steep slope of the so-called "Cocks' Hill", they carried the building materials on their backs and shoulders up the white rocks, as if the Virgin Mary had marked it out for them with her snow-white glow. The church was completed in 1697 and since then it has been visited year after year by crowds of mourners and pilgrims devout to Mary. In 1844, Pope Gregory XVI granted the church a privilege of pilgrimage for Marian feasts.
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The garden ornaments of the headquarters /sphinxes, griffins, fountains/ were made in the Zsolnay factory in 1897, probably based on the design of Ármin Klein.
Peć monastery has a long and rich history.
Technically, these pictures are very poor, but they are bringing back some nice memories. Photo: Jasmina Pogačnik. (dia scan)
The garden ornaments of the MTA headquarters /sphinxes, griffins, fountains/ were made in the Zsolnay factory in 1897, probably based on the design of Ármin Klein.
The church of St. Peter and Paul is dominating above the beautiful historical town of Pecs. Standing near the upper walls of the medieval town, its 4 towers are seen from far away.
The Downtown Candlemas Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary (Hungarian: Belvárosi Gyertyaszentelő Boldogasszony-templom), formerly known as the Mosque of Pasha Qasim (Hungarian: Gázi Kászim pasa dzsámija, Turkish: Gazi Kasım Paşa Camii) is a Roman Catholic church in Pécs, Hungary, which was a mosque in the 16–17th century due to the Ottoman conquest. It is one of the symbols of the city, located in the downtown, on the main square (Széchenyi square). The current building, a hundred steps in length and in width, was built by Pasha Qasim the Victorious between 1543 and 1546. The mosque was converted to a church in 1702,[1] after Habsburg-Hungarian troops reconquered the city. The minaret was destroyed by the Jesuits in 1766. One of the largest Ottoman constructions remaining in Hungary, the building still retains many Turkish architectural characteristics.