Gyor - Hungarian Old People's Home

 
Old people still spend their twilight years here, where in 1666 György Széchenyi, Bishop of Gyor, had a number of old houses made into a hospice (Magyar ispita) for Hungarian citizens.

The two arcaded courtyards with Tuscan pillars are suggestive of the Late Renaissance style. In the rear courtyard stands a decorative fountain by Miklós Borsos (1961). Adjoining the hospice is St Anne's Church, originally dating from 1730 and rebuilt in the second half of the 19th C. The painting by Stephan Schaller in the left side-altar is all that remains from the contents of the original building.

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