Szentendre, Hungary

Photographer in the Old Town, Szentendre

Szentendre (Medieval Latin: Sankt Andrae; Serbian: Сентандреја, Sentandreja) is a riverside town in Pest county, Hungary, near the capital city of Budapest. Szentendre is known for its museums, galleries, and artists. Due to its picturesque appearance and easy rail and river access, it has become a popular destination for tourists staying in Budapest and there are many shops and restaurants catering for these visitors.

The Peter Paul church is Szentendre largest church. It was being built as an Orthodox Serbian church originally. The church which can be seen today was a wooden church on its place first, the stone church was being built in 1750. The church's equipment is plain, the walls are white, its sizes imposing (300 m2). Its tower 33 metres tall.
If you take the steps up to Templom tér (Church square), which is the highest point of the old town, and look around, you will see church towers all around. At noon you will even hear the “voice of every tower”, when one ring the church bells one after another. After, you should also visit these churches.

Szentendre

Szentendre is known as the town of living art due to its artist colony of international renown, and its museums and galleries. With its well preserved, distinctive 18th-century townscape, the town centre is a group of heritage buildings unique in Hungary.
In the beginning of the 2nd century the Romans built a defence system in and around Szentendre. Their reinforced military camp was called Ulcisa Castra, the first known name of the town. Later the town was called after the patron saint of the parish church, the apostle St Andrew (Szent Endre).
Recent decades have seen major changes in the life of Szentendre as a result of the rapidly growing tourism industry, thanks to the historical atmosphere of the town's streets, its art life, as well as the Hungarian Open-Air Museum (Szentendrei Szabadtéri Néprajzi Múzeum, Skanzen) which visualises rural life in Hungary.
Szentendre was awarded the Hild Medal in 1980 in recognition of its successes in town development and in preserving its traditions.
How to get there:
Szentendre lies to the north of Budapest and can be reached by suburban railway (HÉV), and by local Volán bus lines to Szentendre or through to Esztergom. By car take Route 11. (Source: Vendégváró)