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Town in Veszprém County, Hungary
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Pápa is in Hungary in the western corner of Veszprém County. This 1000-year-old town has many monuments to offer for travellers. The hills of Bakony and Somló provide opportunities for hiking, biking, hunting or wandering. You can find a lot of fishing lakes near at hand. The town has a thermal bath, where you can find therapy section, too.
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Built in 1936. It is the home of the permanent exhibition of the Museum of Religious Art.
Ferences templom
It was built in Baroque style, between 1678 and 1680.
Borsosgyőri Református templom
1882.
Roman Catholic Church
pápai evangélikus templom
Built in 1884
kéttornyúlaki református templom, Református ótemplom
pápai zsinagóga
In 1844 Papa’s local Jewish community began building a synagogue in the town’s predominantly Jewish neighborhood. Construction of the new synagogue was completed in 1846, and its opening service was officiated by Rabbi Leopold Löw (the rabbi is credited for being the first to introduce the Hungarian language into his services). The building was vadalized by the Nazis. Neo-Romanesque style.
Szent István Vértanú, Katolikus nagytemplom
The symbol of the town. This was built according to the plans of Jakab Fellner between 1774 and 1786. It was decorated with frescoes by Franz Anton Maulbertsch. The size of the temple is: length 42 m, width 22 m, the height of interior 24 m, the height of tower 72 m.
Benedictine church, Bencés templom, Fehér templom
Built by the Paulites, later home of the Benedictine order, was completed by 1744. Its furnishing is valuable decorated with unique wood-carving. The 17th century so-called Black Christ can be found in its parvis.
Kékfestő Múzeum, Kluge-féle Kékfestő Üzem
The Dyer Museum or the former Dyer Fabrik of Kluge was the blue-dyeing workshop of the Kluge family which was one of the most significant in Central Europe. It was active until 1956, its original furnishings and equipment can still be seen.
Címer- és fegyvertörténeti gyűjtemény
'Papensiana', Dunántúli Református Egyházkerület Egyháztörténeti és Egyházművészeti Múzeuma
lit. pomegranate) Pharmacy museum, Patikamúzeum
The former Gránátalma (pomegranate) Pharmacy.
esterhazykastely@papa.hu
There is a very nice reading hall of the library and a former mansion chapel, St. Joseph's Chapel (Szent József-kápolna). Part of the National History Museum
Edvy Malom Gyűjteményes Kiállítás
An open air exhibition. Mill buildings, mill yard, milling machines, milling techniques, brief historical overview of Tapolca Creek, locks, the role of impoundment, tool exhibition (carpenter, carpentry, joinery and miller professions
It was built between 1895 and 1899. Today a secondary school of six and four classes and the Pápa Reformed Collection (library, archives, museum) can be found there.
Korvin-ház
The oldest building in the town.
Nátus, Pápai Református Teológiai Akadémia, Református Nőnevelő Intézet
Formerly women's boarding-school called "Nátus".
Pápai Református Kollégium Gimnáziuma
Pápa has been the centre of the Transdanubian Reformed Church, whose famous college was founded in 1531. Its spirituality has had a significant role in the life of the town since then.
Beside it there is a plaque on the house where Sándor Petőfi, Hungary's National Poet, at one time dwelt.
Lábasház
Kenessey–Szondy ház
Zichy ház
Belső Várkert
Nature conservation area
Millenniumi Emlékpark
Városháza
Volt Bábsütő Céh háza
Tapolcafői - láprétek
Nature conservation area
Magyar Honvédség Pápa Bázisrepülőtér
Memorial of the 7th Hussar. Art by Miltiádész Manó, inaugurated in 1935.
2005
A Baroque Rococo statue. It was made in 1753, ordered by Count Franz Esterházy. The sculptor was the same craftsman who made the statue of St. John of Nepomuk. The figure of the saint is on a cloud which is surrounded by putto heads. Angels are on both sides. The right angel takes a flag, the left has a water jug and extinguishes a burning house, while looking at the sky. The pedestal of the statue is decorated with heraldic crown of Esterhazy, Around the pedestal is a rectangular, pierced stone lattice made in rococo style. The statue was originally toward a little north and stood in front of house No. 12 Szent István út. (Here was former the Győr- or No10 Gate of the Pápa fort.)
Nepomuki Szent János szobor
It was made in 1753, in Rococo style ordered by Count Franz Esterházy. The sculpture composition is different from the usual one. It is showing the killing of the Saint. An armored soldier standing on a stone bridge and with a stick strikes to St. John of Nepomuk, who turning into the water from the bridge. At the foot of the bridge are puttos. The statue decorated with moderate gold plating and stand in a high pedestal, at the top of the monument is a crown of the Esterházy family coat of arms and framed by rectangular, rococo style, stone lattice.
A few dozen decommissioned fighter aircraft parked in the grass, unsupervised.
German: Dewerenten
Castle Szarvaskő, - Sorrowful Virgin Parish Church ( built by the Somogyi family in 1815, designed by Charles Moreau, the architect of the Viennese József Kornhausel.) The village is surrounded by Bakony Mountain, nice tours, take a comfortable walk to the Ödön Source.
Városi Sportcsarnok
Jókai Mór Művelődési és Szabadidő Központ Színházépülete,
Theater. Mobile:+36 30 845-53-93
Malom-tó Horgász és Szabadidőpark
Fishing
Perutz stadion
Place for the local football club
Várkertfürdő Pápa
Thermal spa with 38°C sitting pool, 34°C adventure pool with swim-out, toddler's pool, black hole slide and many services. Swimming pools (indoor): a 25 m in length, six track waveless swimming pool (2 m depth) and a three track waveless swimming pool (a meter of depth). Swimming pools (outdoor): five pools are there (toddler's, "Big Foot", family sitting, adventure, pool with slide and a giant pool with diving-board). Medical Center with facilities. Wellness services.
Stork's Nest
8 rooms and one apartment. The two- and three-bed rooms with shower, cable TV, free Internet access provides.
Caesar Panzió
Six double rooms. Room facilities: bathroom with shower, integrated hair dryer, LCD television, phone, minibar, electric kettle, alarm clock, air conditioning. Services: breakfast, free Internet throughout the inn, Free closed parking within 100 m, e-mail, fax transmission facilities, laundry service.
Edvy Malom Fogadó Barokk Udvarház
Erkel Vendégház és söröző
Esterházy Erdészeti Erdei Iskola és Oktatási Központ
Three rooms. Mostly for small school group.
Services: Internet, TV, fridge, free parking.
Hársfavirág Vendégház
Capacity (persons): 24. Six rooms. Services: bus parking, thermal water, medical facilities, fishing facilities, Sat TV, money exchange, Wi-fi/WLAN, playground.
Mobil: +36 30 467 93 95
Muskátli Vendégház
Six rooms for 13 persons.
4 rooms. Services: bedclothes provided, heated room, refrigerator, kitchenette, well equipped kitchen, washing facility, satellite TV channels, parking in a closed garden, television, open fireplace, barbecue, Wi-Fi/WLAN
In schooltime six rooms, holiday time over 20 rooms. Services: 24-hour reception, bus parking, catering, fishing facilities, medical service, horse riding, guarded parking, TV room, hiking, Wi-Fi/WLAN, football ground, parking in a closed garden.
One room and one apartment. Bedding, refrigerator, kitchen with equipment, pets are allowed, satellite TV.
Várkert Termál Camping, Kemping
Hungary's only five-star campsite. More than 200 plots over 100 m² each with 16A power connector, water, and sewage connection. Services: twenty eight toilets, twenty four showers, eighteen washbasin, fourteen wash stall, one baby bath, changing table, and even two toilet and shower for handicapped guests, plus two chemical toilets, fourteen dishwashing, four suitable for textile washing basin, washing machines, dryers, irons. Siesta: 12:00-14:00 - Café, grill, sports ground and playground, sporting goods and bicycle rental
Viktória Étterem És Panzió
Zsófia Vendégház
Massage from Ft 1800, horseback riding Ft 2500/hour, bike rental Ft 1,500/day, skeet Ft 4500. All rooms have double bed, shower, lavatory, toilet, satellite TV, internet with Wi-Fi, water heater, micro and fridge.
Pápa lies 155 km from Budapest, 45 km from Győr and 65 km from the Balaton.
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