Religious, Spiritual sights in Northeastern Hungary
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Kalocsa Cathedral
Kalocsa Cathedral, the fourth church to stand on the site, was completed in 1754 by András Mayerhoffer and is a baroque masterpiece, with a dazzling pink-and-gold interior full of stucco, reliefs and tracery. Some believe that the sepulchre in the crypt is that of the first archbishop of Kalocsa, Asztrik, who brought King Stephen the gift of a crown from Pope Sylvester II, thereby legitimising the Christian convert's control over Hungary.
A plaque on the south side outside memorialises this event. Franz Liszt was the first to play the cathedral's magnificent 3560-pipe organ.
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Orthodox synagogue
The former Orthodox synagogue was built in 1893 and is now a furniture store backing onto a shopping mall. To get there from Dobó István tér, cross the little Eger Stream to Dózsa György tér and turn southwest onto Kossuth Lajos utca, a fine, tree-lined street.
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Orthodox Synagogue
Two houses of worship attest to the large communities of Greeks and Jews who once called Miskolc their home. To the southeast stands the large and, as per the norm, crumbling Orthodox Synagogue, designed in 1861 by Ludwig Förster, architect of the Great Synagogue in Budapest.
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Minorite Church
On the southern side of central Dobó István tér stands the Minorite church, built in 1771 and one of the most beautiful baroque buildings in the world. Statues of István Dobó and his comrades-in-arms routing the Turks fill the square in front of the church.
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Status Que Conservative Synagogue
The Status Que Conservative Synagogue dates from 1909 and is once again falling apart, while the façade of the nearby Orthodox synagogue (Pászti utca 6) has enjoyed a lick of paint but its interior is still waiting for some much-needed TLC.
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Hungarian Orthodox Church
Two houses of worship attest to the large communities of Greeks and Jews who once called Miskolc their home. The Hungarian Orthodox Church, a splendid late-baroque structure, has an iconostasis (1793) that is 16m high with 88 icons.
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Synagogue
The primary reason for visiting the gallery is to see the building itself - a Romantic-style Synagogue that was designed by Lipót Baumhorn in 1898. (Baumhorn also did the glorious temples in Szeged and Gyöngyös.)
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Avas Calvinist Church
In a cemetery below the hill is the large Gothic Avas Calvinist Church, with a painted wooden interior (1410). The bell tower dates from the mid-16th century. The key is in the parish office at Papszer utca 14.
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Great Synagogue
East of the gallery, the 19th-century Eclectic Great Synagogue, which was used as a German barracks during WWII, is once again boarded up and falling into ruin after partial renovations over a decade ago.
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Plank Church
The Calvinist Plank Church is a 1938 replica of a 17th-century Transylvanian-style wooden church. It has been completely rebuilt and renovated after being badly damaged by fire in 1997.
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Inner City Church
The baroque Inner City Church, from 1777, has some interesting contemporary ceiling frescoes highlighting events in Hungarian and world history - including an astronaut in space!
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Romanian Orthodox Church
The Zopf Romanian Orthodox Church, from 1812, has a beautiful iconostasis (you can try and get the key from the house just south of the church entrance).
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Franciscan Church and Monastery
West of the gallery are the baroque Franciscan Church and Monastery completed in 1757 - the city's oldest buildings.
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Orthodox Jewish Cemetery
There's a large Orthodox Jewish Cemetery in Bodrogkeresztúr, 6km NW of Tokaj.
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