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Everyone loves Eger and it's immediately apparent why: beautifully preserved Baroque architecture gives the town a relaxed, almost Mediterranean feel; and it is flanked by two of the Northern Uplands' most beautiful ranges.

Hungarians like to visit Eger because it was here that their ancestors fended off the Turks for the first time during the 170 years of Turkish occupation.

This is a perfect city for negotiating on foot because there is something interesting around every corner and the town centre - with its 175 protected buildings and monuments - is closed to traffic.

The best overview of the town is from the 13^th-century EGER CASTLE; the entrance of it is at Dózsa Square.

MINORITE CHURCH on the square is the highest building in Eger. It's said to be the most beautiful Baroque church in Eastern Europe. Breathtaking is also the carved wood furnishing inside the church.

The EGER CATHEDRAL at Eszterházy Square is the only neoclassic-styled building in the town and the second biggest church in the country. Enjoy listening here a remarkable organ concert that is hold every day in the summer.

Next to the cathedral, the ARCHBISHOP'S PALACE has been the residency of the Archbishop of Eger since 1804.

In late-Baroque style, the LYCEUM was built by Count Károly Eszterházy. Today it is a Teachers' Training College.

Kossuth Street is full of fine buildings from the 18^th century. The 9. Kossuth Street is the County Hall. It has splendid wrought iron gates by Henrik Fazola from 1761.

The 40m-high MINARET, with 100 narrow spiral stairs twisting claustrophobically to the top, is the northernmost Turkish monument in Europe.

The “Main Walking Street” - Széchenyi Street - waits for you with its many pubs, cafés and confectioneries.

Don’t miss the city’s public baths. The most interesting and flourishing period in the history of the baths of Eger was undoubtedly the days of Turkish rule in Hungary (16^th and 17^th centuries). The town was occupied by the Ottomans in 1596, and that event a very special and prosperous Turkish bathing culture was established in Eger. As it appears from the following passage from 1791, this culture lived on in subsequent centuries.

You’ll find many-many WINE CELLARS! The city’s wine cellars are almost as long as the streets of the town. The inhabitants of Eger like their wine cellars as much as their houses.

Try the world-famous vines such as “Leanyka” and “Egri Bikavér” (Bull`s Blood), who acquired its name in the mid of the 16<sup>th</sup> century when heroic Hungarian soldiers, defending the castle of Eger and outnumbered ten to one, successfully repelled the invading Turks. The Turks could see that the Hungarians were drinking something red and concluded that their strenght had come from drinking the blood of bulls. The Bull`s Blood of Eger is made of Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Kékfrankos and Oporto grapes, which together give this wine its deep ruby colour, mouth-watering bouquet and subtle, spicy, fruit-driven flavour.

The town has a limited manufacturing industry (furniture, cigarettes, and precision instruments).

Eger is also the tourist centre for the Mátra Mountains the highest range in northern Hungary, and part of the region's central highland belt.  

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