Video: Visiting Pécs, European Capitals of Culture 2010

  • 5 Apr 2010 12:01 PM
Video: Visiting Pécs, European Capitals of Culture 2010
"The southern Hungarian metropolis is a mix of various cultures. Pécs was conquered by the Turks in the late 1500s and they ruled the city for 150 years. Thus, in the main square you see a huge mosque which today houses a Catholic church.

Another mosque in the city actually is a place of worship for the city's tiny Muslim population. The city also has a German past as thousands of Swabians settled there in the 1800s."

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