Koszeg - Chernel utca

Chernel Street, which leads west from St James' Church and then turns south, is named after the historian Kálmán Chernel (1822-91) who worked in Koszeg. Almost all the houses are late medieval, converted to Baroque. The most outstanding is the U-shaped Chernel House (No. 10). Above the door with its wickerwork arch, Rococo vase-shaped pillars support a convoluted architrave. The year 1766 is engraved in the keystone of the arch. Eugäne de Beauharnais, Napoleon's stepson and viceroy, lived here in 1809.