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The Yellow Castle

Building, structure

The second oldest building in Dunaszerdahely was built by Márton Padányi Biró, Bishop of Veszprém, for his cousin, István Padányi Biró. ; It was built in 1753/54 on the Pókatelké estate commissioned by the Bishop of Veszprém. Until 1805, the castle was known as the Biró manor hou... Read More

The Vermes Villa

Building, structure

The plot of land for this imposing building in Dunaszerdahely was purchased in the very early 1900s by Ferenc Vermes, a landowner and district magistrate known as “the creator of Dunaszerdahely sports”. In 1905, he had a single-storey mansion built on the plot, which was then enl... Read More

Bust of Ármin Vámbéry

Statue, monument, memorial plaque

The bronze bust of the distinguished Orientalist was erected by the local Vámbéry Civic Association on Vámbéry Square in the city center. ; Ármin Vámbéry (Vamberger) was born on March 19, 1832 in Szentgyörgy, from where he moved to Dunaszerdahely as a small child. He himself decl... Read More

The district court

Building, structure

The construction of the current court building was ordered by the president of the Bratislava court based on the decree of the Minister of Justice of the Kingdom of Hungary of February 22, 1906. ; The construction site opposite the former cemetery (approximately 400 square meters... Read More

The Reformed Church of Izsap

Building, structure

According to historical sources, in the Izsap district, a church dedicated to Saint Clement stood in 1297. The church was used by the population that converted to the new religion at the beginning of the Reformation. The village was destroyed by the raiding Turkish troops at the ... Read More

City Hall

Building, structure

The former Pleyer-style, two-story building at number 93 on Széchenyi Street, built as a café and hotel, was purchased by the city government in 1901. ; From then on, the village hall (later city hall) has been the seat of the city government to this day. ; From 1902, the village... Read More

The former Catholic school and gymnasium

Building, structure

By 1932, the Catholic children of Dunaszerdahely had already started the school year in the new Catholic school built with public donations on the Cemetery Row. At the same time, education in the several hundred-year-old school next to the church was discontinued for health reaso... Read More

Mary holding the baby Jesus

Sacral small monument

The oldest public statue in Dunaszerdahely was erected in 1713 – in accordance with their mother’s last will – by the three Kondé brothers from Pókateleki: Ádám, György and Ferenc. The three Kondé brothers left a sum of money (as early as 1713) for the necessary restoration of th... Read More

Immaculata – the statue of the Immaculate Virgin

Sacral small monument

The sacred relic called Immaculata dates back to the late 1800s and is located not far from the entrance to the Saint George Church in Dunaszerdahely. ; The work depicts the sinless Immaculate Conception, that is, the praying Virgin Mary, the Lady Clothed with the Sun, with a cro... Read More

The high cross of the Sikabony cemetery

Sacral small monument

In the cemetery of the Sikabony district, between the entrance and the Church of All Saints, we find the simple cemetery stone cross with a small iron body, on which the following text can be read in gold letters on a white marble tablet: ; "For the glory of God / and for the spi... Read More