Mecsek - PCs, Komitat Baranya, Pcsvrad, Alsmocsold, Koml, Abaligeter Hhle (English, German, Paperback)

Aus Wikipedia. Nicht dargestellt. Auszug: Pcs (Hungarian pronunciation: known by alternative names) is the fifth largest city of Hungary, located on the slopes of the Mecsek mountains in the south-west of the country, close to its border with Croatia. It is the administrative and economical centre of Baranya county. Pcs is also the seat of Roman Catholic Diocese of Pcs. The city Sopianae was founded by Romans at the beginning of the 2nd century, on an area peopled by Celts and Pannoni tribes. By the 4th century it became the capital of Valeria province and a significant early Christian center. The early Christian necropolis is from this era which became an UNESCO World Heritage Site in December 2000. Its episcopate was founded in 1009 by Steven I, and the first university in Hungary was founded in Pcs in 1367 by Louis I the Great. (The largest university still resides in Pcs with about 34 thousand students.) Pcs was formed into one of the cultural and arts center of the country by bishop Janus Pannonius, the great, Hungarian, humanist poet. Pcs has a rich heritage from the age of a 150 year long Ottoman occupation, like the mosque of pasha Qasim the Victorious on Szchenyi square. Pcs always was a multicultural city where many cultural layers are encrusted melting different values of the history of two thousand years. Magyars, Croatians and Swabians still live in peace together in economic and cultural polarity. Therefore it is not surprising that Pcs has been selected to be the European Capital of Culture in 2010 sharing the title together with Essen and Istanbul. The city's motto is: "The Borderless City." After the reception of the title huge innovations started in the city. Renewed public places, streets, squares and city parts, new cultural centers, a concert hall, a modern library and center and a cultural quarter were designed. Most of them are still under construction. In 1998 Pcs was given the UNESCO price ...http: //booksllc.net/?l=de