Things to do in Győr

9021 Győr, Káptalandomb 26.

The items in the collection of typically liturgical objects stored here were donated to the church by bishops and barons. In the Visitor Centre, you can learn about the history of the city and the diocese.

9021 Győr, Káptalandomb

The cathedral was founded by Saint Stephen, and in 1996 it was elevated to the status of Minor Basilica by Pope John Paul II. This is also where the mediaeval masterpiece of silverwork, the Herma of Saint Ladislaus is kept.

9021 Győr, Káptalandomb

The views from the thousand-year-old seat of the Bishopric of Győr are stunning, and its basement houses an exhibition dedicated to the life of the martyred former Bishop of Győr, Blessed Vilmos Apor. One of its most beautiful features is the 13th-century residential tower.

9021 Győr, Király u. 17.

The building gained its present-day form in the 18th century. The gilded coat of arms of Count Gábor Esterházy, who originally had it built, is displayed on the balcony over the entrance. Today it houses the Flóris Rómer Museum of Art and History.

9021 Győr, Bécsi kapu tér

Situated in Bécsi kapu tér, adorned with two corner balconies, this house dates back to the 16th century, making it one of the oldest residential buildings in the city, and one of the most beautiful local examples of early Baroque civic architecture.

9021 Győr, Bécsi kapu tér

The two-storey facade of this 18th-century palace is misleading, as the upper part of the elevated frontage actually conceals the attic space. The expansive wall surface expresses the pomp and splendour of the Baroque age.

9000 Győr, Kazinczy utca

The main ornamental feature of this picturesque, Baroque-style, mansard-roofed building is the Baroque closed balcony. The house gets its name from the figure of Saint Rosalia, patron saint of Palermo, modelled in stucco on the balcony.

9021 Győr, Király u. 4.

This two-storey, Louis seize-style palace is famous for the fact that the Emperor Napoleon spent a night here after the Battle of Raab.

9021 Győr, Király utca

This single-storey Baroque palace with a corner balcony is today the main building of the City Art Museum.

9022 Győr, Széchenyi tér

A two-storey early Baroque building, it gets its name from the tree trunk pierced all over with iron nails, located under the corner balcony. Today it houses the Imre Patkó Collection.

9022 Győr, Széchenyi tér 5.

The most beautiful example of Baroque civic architecture in Győr, this palace with its enclosed balcony is home to the oldest rural museum in Hungary, the János Xantus Museum.

9022 Győr, Rákóczi Ferenc u. 1.

Above the pretty enclosed balcony of this single-storey Baroque building with rounded corners, a stone-carved Baroque coat of arms of Győr is displayed. Today the building houses the City Archives.

9022 Győr, Liszt Ferenc u.

It was in the basement of this 16th-century Baroque residential building, with Tuscan columns and a courtyard with loggias, that Lajos Kossuth’s wife, Terézia Meszlényi was born.

9022 Győr, Liszt Ferenc u. 20.

Its pretty corner balcony, the courtyard and arcades and its ornate Baroque furnishings make this single-story Baroque palace particularly noteworthy.

9022 Győr, Apáca u.

Due to its unusual form, this bastion-like building originating from the Middle Ages is one of the most distinctive features of the Győr cityscape, and is home to the Margit Kovács Collection.

9022 Győr, Rákóczi Ferenc u.

The two miniature courtyards of this 17the-century building are one of the most beautiful mementos of the late Renaissance in Győr. Today the Péter Váczy Collection can be viewed here.

9022 Győr, Széchenyi tér

The Ignatius of Loyola Benedictine Church, and the buildings of the monastery and gymnasium were built by Jesuits in the 18th century. The apothecary museum functions to this day as a part of the monastery.