The walled Templom tér on the top of the castle hill was the focal point of the settlement in the Middle Ages. In the 18th C Catholic Croats from Dalmatia settled here around the church. Nowadays it is chiefly tourists who come to enjoy the splendid view over the rooftops. In summer the church square is bustling with market stalls offering a wide choice of souvenirs.
This Catholic church dedicated to John the Baptist on Templom tér is thought to originate from the beginning of the 14th C, with 15th C additions, and to be built on the site of an older small church. The Gothic period resulted in a Romanesque and a Gothic tower window and a sun dial on the southwest buttress. In the 18th C Catholic immigrants from Dalmatia took over the church which had been abandoned and damaged by the Turks, restoring it in 1710 and again in 1780 in Baroque style. Modern frescos can be found inside the church. In the house opposite the church (Templom tér 1) the artistic heritage of the Hungarian painter Béla Czóbel (1883-1976) is on show.
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