Museums, galleries

King St. Stephen established a bishopric in 1009, Pécs. But the church burned to the ground on that memorable night when King Solomon and Prince Géza made peace.

The modern lapidary is the work of Kossuth prizewinning architect Zoltán Bachman. Several stone sculptures of the Árpád Era are exhibited here as well as a unique church decoration.

One of the most popular permanent exhibition of the Janus Pannonius Museum presents some of the most significant artworks of the Hungarian painting scene's solitary giant, Tivadar Kosztka Csontvary (1853-1919).

In the composition of “Street” open and closed spaces are transformed into sculptures. Walls, doors and windows materialise the relationship between man and his milieu.