
Town in Veszprém, Hungary
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Várpalota is a town of 19,000 people (2018) in Veszprém County.
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It was built in 1777/80 without a tower, on the site of an earlier church. The tower was completed in 1805, the galleries in 1810 and the altarpiece in 1799.
Várpalotai vár
It is home to the Museum of Chemistry, and the collection of the memories of coal mining. Concerts and theatre performances are held there every summer.
Magyar Vegyészeti Múzeum
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A residential house built of natural stone at the beginning of the 19th century, which was left at the foot of prefabricated houses during the town planning. In the restored peasant baroque building you can see mainly the local historical materials collected locally, which mainly shows the rich agricultural and industrial past of the settlement.
Szabó-féle homokbánya
It is in one of the garden city parts of Várpalota, south of the main road No. 8. The lower 2-meter part of the 9-meter-high wall has yellow sand deposited from the sea. Gray river sand, rich in fossils, is 4-6 meters thick. The sand layer is young, covered with a coarse layer of gravel.
Round church (built in the 11th century based on a Roman guard tower. Roman Catholic church (late-Classical temple, 1843-47, by Count István Zichy). Lutheran church (1785-1786). Late Gothic Wall remains (on the Castle). Remains of a Roman Dam (north side of the Hwy #8).
Szent Donát-kápolna
It was built in the 16th century and renovated and rededicated in 1999.
The library-room with its wooden cover and its frescos recalling mythological ages, is a regular place of cultural events. It includes the Zichy-Chapel (Zichy-kápolna) and the altar carved from sandstone in the Catholic cemetery. Among the graves are the memorial of militiaman martyrs of the Hungarian Revolution and War of Independence (1848) belonging to the earl's family.
It is 90 km from Budapest, halfway between two county seats, Székesfehérvár and Veszprém.
Read in the guideIn Várpalota, the basis of local transport is the highway running through the city in an east-west direction, called Veszprémi út, and Fehérvári út.
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