Gyor - Széchenyi tér 
Between Gutenberg Square and Széchenyi Square, on Jedik Anyos utca, some prettily restored town residences in Baroque and 18th C plait styles provide an "old town" atmosphere.
Since Roman times Széchenyi tér has been the center of Gyor, and it was here that weekly and annual markets, public meetings and festivals were held. In the middle of the square stands a Lady Column which commemorates the liberation of Buda from the Turks in 1686; there are also statues of saints.
Since Roman times Széchenyi tér has been the center of Gyor, and it was here that weekly and annual markets, public meetings and festivals were held. In the middle of the square stands a Lady Column which commemorates the liberation of Buda from the Turks in 1686; there are also statues of saints.
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The houses on the square are 17th-18th C. They include the Rosalie House, so called because below the oriel window is a stucco relief of St Rosalie. On the gable wall of the window can be seen a further relief, a pelican feeding its young.
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Angarano House
In the 1580s several buildings grouped on the west corner of Széchenyi tér were made into a Baroque mansion for the Italian merchant Angarano. In 1770 Gábor Count Eszterházy had it rebuilt, and today its most striking features include the lattice-work arch over the door and the oriel window with its wrought-iron grille.
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Iron Stump House
The late 17th C Baroque house, Iron Stump House was once the residence of the town's magistrates. It takes its name from a tree-trunk which in 1833 a timber merchant drove nails and used as his shop sign. After the fashion of the "Stock im Eisen" (Iron Trunk) in Vienna, itinerant journeymen and apprentices used to carve their initials on it.
Museum of Medicine
St Ignatius' Church forms a part of the Baroque abbey of Bencés rendház, which was built by the Jesuits and, following the dissolution of their order in 1773, passed to the Benedictines in 1802; the latter installed a grammar school here. The vaulted ground floor, which is decorated with ceiling frescos and stucco work, was used by the Jesuits for the sale of medicines as early as the 17th C, and has now been made into a Museum of Medicine.
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| Open | Closed | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 | 18:00 |
