11 Sights in Sopron, Hungary (with Map and Images)
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Explore interesting sights in Sopron, Hungary. Click on a marker on the map to view details about it. Underneath is an overview of the sights with images. A total of 11 sights are available in Sopron, Hungary.
Sightseeing Tours in Sopron1. Szent Mihály főangyal templom
St. Michael's Church is the oldest parish church in Sopron. It is located along a very important traffic road, in the district of Szentmihálydomb. According to early medieval customs, it was built in a cemetery in the 13th century before the Mongol invasion, so it was placed outside the fortified city wall (Downtown). Originally built in Romanesque style, the church was rebuilt in the 15th century in Gothic style. After the fire in Sopron in 1728, it underwent a Baroque reconstruction, then it was Ferenc Storno who removed the Baroque features and transformed the church in neo-gothic style. Today it is one of Hungary's most important Gothic churches.
2. Nagyboldogasszony (Bencés) templom
The Benedictine Church or Church of Our Lady of the Assumption, popularly known as the Goat Church, is a Gothic church built in the 13th and 14th centuries, dedicated to Our Lady of the Assumption, one of the most significant buildings on Sopron's Main Square. The Franciscan monks first built their monastery in the center of the city, then around 1280 they built their church next to it from carved stone from St. Margareta, which today is considered one of the most outstanding works of Hungarian early Gothic architecture. Its nave vault and organ vault were built in the middle of the 15th century, and its furnishings are in Baroque style.
3. SCARBANTIA
The Pannonian Limes is part of the old Roman fortified frontier known as the Danubian Limes that runs for approximately 420 km (260 mi) from the Roman camp of Klosterneuburg in the Vienna Basin in Austria to the castrum in Singidunum (Belgrade) in present-day Serbia. The garrisons of these camps protected the Pannonian provinces against attacks from the north from the time of Augustus (31 BC–14 AD) to the beginning of the 5th century. In places this section of the Roman limes also crossed the river into the territory of the barbarians (Barbaricum).
Wikipedia: Pannonian Limes (EN), Website, Url, Url Limes_pannonia
4. Sopron-Várhely Grave Field
The Gräberfeld Sopron-Várhely is a fortified height settlement with a burial hill from the Hallstatt- until the late Latène period in the Várhly (Burgstall) district near Brennbergbánya in the southeast of the Hungarian city of Soprone. The Burgstallberg is an eastern foothills of the alpine crest and reaches a height of 483 above sea level. M. from the Viennese pools separate him Rosalien and Leithage Mountains. The site is known for the hill burial ground and the figural-decorated Hallstatt urn.
5. Sörházdombi kilátó
The lookout tower of Sörházdomb was built in the southwestern part of Sopron, on the lowest hill of the Lővérek, between Lower and Upper Lővér, on the 298 m high Beer House Hill. The property, easily accessible by a pleasant walk from Lövér-körút or Sörházdombi út, offers a great view of the whole city, the forested slopes of the Sopron Mountains and Lake Neusiedler. In clear weather, you can also see the Rax and Schneeberg.
6. Firewatch Tower
The 58 -meter -high Sopron Fire Tower is a symbol of the city. It stands on the main square. It was built in the 13th century and served the city for centuries. Its stability was lost at the end of the 19th century during the construction of the town hall, and for static reasons, its gate was narrowed. Its original character was returned during the reinforcement and restoration of 2009-2012.
7. Patikamúzeum
On the site of the White Angel pharmacy opened in 1601, the country's first pharmacy museum was opened on June 11, 1968. The rooms were furnished with the furniture of the Black Elephant Pharmacy, which previously operated in the Storno House. The exhibition on the history of pharmacy of the Museum of Sopron can still be visited.
8. VOLT Festival
VOLT Festival is one of Hungary largest pop music festivals, which has been held in Sopron almost every year since 1993. The event is characterized by the diversity of the musical offer, with rock, electronic, world and jazz concerts as well as representatives of many other genres performing at various venues.
9. Károly-kílátó
Both the Charles lookout tower and the 398 m high Charles Heights themselves preserve the memory of Károly Romwalter, printer and newspaper publisher from Sopron, because he and his son had the first lookout tower erected at this place in 1876.
10. Fabricius-ház
The Fabricius House is one of the most characteristic buildings of Sopron's Main Square. The building was built on the remains of a public building from Roman times. The building in its present form can be seen from the 14th century.
11. Szentháromság-szobor
The Holy Trinity statue in Sopron is one of the most valuable works of Baroque sculpture in Hungary. The richly decorated, multi-figure sculpture ensemble from 1701 is located in the middle of the Main Square.
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