Széchenyi Square

In the Middle Ages it served as the market place of the town with the city hall and the parish church.

Its main attractions are the Mosque of Pasha Qasim, the City Hall, the County Hall, the Nádor hotel, the Zsolnay well, the Fatebenefratelli Church, the Trinity statue and the brass statue of János Hunyadi on horse back.

The central building of Széchenyi square is the Mosque of pasha Qasim the Victorious, one of the symbols of Pécs.

The Trinity statue in the middle of the square reached completion in 1714 to commemorate the secession of an earlier plague.

The once baroque statue was so much ruined by the end of the 19th century that the city had to make a new one made – done by György Kiss – which was inaugurated in 1908.

On the four side of the four-meter-high (13 ft) well water gurgles through heads of oxen into an arc shaped basin.

The relief of Istenes Szent János, founder of Fatebenefratelli order was made by Ede Mayer sculptor.

On the walls several emblazoned gravestones with few centimetre deep inscriptions allude to a vault under the church; however the location of its entrance is unknown.

The plaza front of the two-story block, looking on three streets was built between 1716 and 1726 by the Jesuits using the thumb stones of the Turkish cemetery on Kórház square.

Frescos in the stairway depict the foundation and structure of the first university of Pécs (the works of Ernő Gebauer).

The white marble bust of Leonardo da Vinci stands in a small park in front of the northern corner of the building.

It received its current form during the reconstruction in 1907 after the plans of Antal Lang with baroque elements on the front.

In July 2009, archaeologists found new evidences of the Saint Bertalan church from the age of Árpád from the stones of which was later built the mosque of pasha Qasim the Victorious.

According to researcher András Kikindai with these foundings 80% of the Saint Bertalan Church and buildings related to it are discovered.