Pécs - Szénchenyi tér

The large equestrian statue of János Hunyadi, conqueror of the Turks, was unveiled in 1956 on the 500th anniversary of his death. It is the work of the Hungarian sculptor Pál Pátzay (1896-1979).

On the east side of the square, towers the massive building (1720) with twelve rows of windows which was first a Jesuit and then a Cistercian priory. It is now a grammar school.

The Town Hall on the south side of the square will be recognized by its tall, slender tower. Originally built in 1710, it was converted to its present Baroque style in 1907.

In the center of the square near the church stands the Trinity Column or Plague Column; it was built by György Kiss in 1908 and is modeled on the original which was donated by the good people of Pécs after being saved from an epidemic of plague in 1710-14, but was later destroyed.

Also on the narrow southern side of the square, in front of the Church of Mercy, stands this art nouveau fountain with its fluorescent eosin glaze. The water spurts out of the mouths of four animals around the sides. Erected in 1912, the fountain is in memory of Vilmos Zsolnay, the founder of the Zsolnay factory.