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Districts of Hungary in Baranya

Pécs District

Pécs is a district in central part of Baranya County, Hungary.

Pécs District
Pécs District · Wolfgang Moroder
The place

Pécs is a district in central part of Baranya County, Hungary. Pécs is also the name of the town where the district seat is located. The district lies in the Southern Transdanubia Statistical Region.

Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.

What is there

Worth seeing in and around Pécs District

10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.

  1. 01
    University of Pécs

    The University of Pécs is one of the largest higher education institutions in Hungary. The history of the university began in the Middle Ages, when in 1367, at the request of King Louis I the Great, Pope Urban V granted permission to found the institution.

    400 m · university in Hungary · Wikipedia
  2. 02
    Danube-Drava National Park

    Danube-Drava National Park was founded in 1996 and is located in the south west of Hungary. The current area is 490 square kilometres and the majority of the national park sites are located within the Danube and Drava floodland areas, of which 190 km2 are Ramsar wetlands.

    1.5 km · national park of Hungary · Wikipedia
  3. 03
    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, mausoleums, and burial chapels from the Early Christian period.

    400 m · cemetery and World Heritage site, Pécs, Hungary · Wikipedia
  4. 04
    Mosque of Pasha Qasim

    The Downtown Candlemas Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary, formerly known as the Mosque of Pasha Qasim is a 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.

    600 m · church in Pécs, Hungary · Wikipedia
  5. 05
    Pécs Cathedral

    The Sts. Peter and Paul's Cathedral Basilica, also called Pécs Cathedral, is a religious building of the Catholic church that serves as the cathedral of the Diocese of Pécs, and is located in the city of Pécs, Hungary.

    900 m · cathedral in Hungary · Wikipedia
  6. 06
    Yakovalı Hasan Paşa Mosque

    The Yakovalı Hasan Paşa Mosque is an early 17th-century mosque in Pécs, southern Hungary. It was constructed when the region was part of the Turkish Ottoman Empire, together with the main mosque of Pécs, the Mosque of Pasha Qasim.

    900 m · mosque in Hungary · Wikipedia
  7. 07
    Széchenyi square

    Széchenyi Square is the main square in the historical centre of Pécs, Hungary. In the Middle Ages it served as the market place of the town with the city hall and the parish church.

    500 m · square in Pécs, Hungary · Wikipedia
  8. 08
    National Theatre of Pécs

    The National Theatre of Pécs is the main theatre of Pécs, Hungary.

    400 m · a theatre in Pécs, Hungary · Wikipedia
  9. 09
    Misina

    Misina is a peak in the Mecsek mountain range in Baranya county, in southern Hungary. Its elevation is 535 metres above sea level.

    3 km · mountain in Hungary · Wikipedia
  10. 10
    Pécs Zoo

    Pécs Zoo & Aquarium-Terrarium is one of the smallest Hungarian zoos. It was established in 1960 in the Mecsek mountain above the city, and was originally known as Mecsek Cultural Park.

    2.3 km · zoo in Pécs, Hungary · Wikipedia

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Getting to Pécs District

Airports
Pécs-Pogány (PEV), 9 km · Banja Luka (BNX), 145 km · Budapest Liszt Ferenc (BUD), 170 km
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Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for Pécs District. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.

The nearest places where the work is done
  1. 01
    HvarHR

    8 ways of moving, 27 sources

    350 km
  2. 02
    KorčulaHR

    9 ways of moving, 33 sources

    357 km
  3. 03
    MljetHR

    9 ways of moving, 28 sources

    376 km
  4. 04
    Cinque TerreIT

    7 ways of moving, 23 sources

    703 km
  5. 05
    ThasosGR

    10 ways of moving, 17 sources

    787 km

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Around it

Next door to Pécs District

  • Siege of Pécswas fought from 14 to 22 October 1686, in the city of Pécs in southwestern Hungary, between the armies of the Ottoman Empire and of the Holy Roman Empire1.7 km