reviews_and_ramblings | Around the World: Pécs

Pecs is not a very big city, when I went there in 1996 there wasn't either a main road to reach it from Budapest, you have to travel for hours in a second road full of commercial traffic. But Pecs is a very ancient city, one of the oldest University in the world, and it's main center, even if very small, is quite fascinating. It has also a very important pottery factory, famous for a type of pottery that has a light green color, almost traslucent. And one of the thing I like most of the city were the remains of his ottoman past: around the city there were big or small mosque, most of them converted in Christian churches, but with an outside that remain in all for all the typical exterior of a real mosque.

by Elisa, Jakovali Hassan Mosque Museum, Pecs, Hungary, 1996:
http://www.elisarolle.com/travel/1996Budapest.htm

Pécs, (approximate pronunciation Paych, known by alternative names), is the fifth largest city of Hungary, located in the south-west of the country, close to its border with Croatia. It is the administrative and economical centre of Baranya county. Pécs is also the seat of Roman Catholic Diocese of Pécs.

Pécs has been selected to be the European Capital of Culture in 2010 sharing the title together with Essen and Istanbul. The city's motto will be: "The Borderless City". (From Wikipedia)