Szentendre - Fo tér
Lined with attractive merchants' houses in Baroque and 18th C plait style, the triangular Fo tér, the main square in Szentendre, is under historical protection. In the middle of the square stands the "Merchants' Cross", a wrought-iron cross on a stone pedestal decorated with icons, erected by the "Privileged Serbian Business Community" in 1763 following a plague epidemic.
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Barcsay Museum
The southern extension of Fo tér is formed by Dumtsa Jeno utca. The Barcsay Museum has several hundred works by the painter and mosaic artist Jeno Barcsay (1900-87) are exhibited.
Hours
March 15 to September 30
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 |
Guides
Guided tour available as optional extra.
Ciprovacka Church
To the south of Fo tér, on the site of a wooden church from 1708, stands the Serbian Orthodox Ciprovacka church, known as the Peter and Paul Church since 1857. Burnt down in 1800, it was rebuilt in the second half of the century and today serves the Catholic community.
Hours
| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
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| Open | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | Closed | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 18:00 | 18:00 |
Kmetty Museum
On the opposite side of the square a permanent exhibition in the Baroque house shows the work of the Cubist painter János Kmetty (1889-1975). Notable is the so-called Dalmatian shop window, where during business hours the wooden shutters were taken down and used as a counter.
Merchants' House
These six narrow houses and shops all under one roof, which originally were the homes of six merchants' families, make an interesting architectural ensemble. The shops were on the ground floor of each building with the living accommodation above; the roof was used as a warehouse. Nowadays the ground floor of the complex is a gallery which shows paintings by local artists.
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| Mon | Tue | Wed | Thu | Fri | Sat | Sun | |
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| Open | Closed | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 | 10:00 |
| Close | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 | 17:00 |
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