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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.
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.
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.