Vac Things to Do

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Vác in this moment doesen`t have any Danube bridge, but this will maybe change within some years. This is why the only was to get to the other part of the river is taking the ferry, as long as you do not prefer swimming>:-) In reality you can only see the half (maybe a little more) of the Danube, because the other side (Tahitótfalu) is the Szentendre island. The ferry departs in every 30 minutes. On this link you can find the schedules:
http://www.umann.com/godir/kozl/vac_tahitotfalu_rev.htm

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When I studied in Vác I went here, to the shore of the Danube very often, because the atmosphere is simply unique! Here you can enjoy the real Danube, not like in Budapest where the Danube shore is stupidly separated by streets and cars from the city. This promenade is quite long and from the Fransiscan church you can walk until the famous (si fa per dire) Jail, with no cars with no pollution without pesky noices.

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Canavale Isidore in 1762 used the funds created by Pilgram one year before, in 1761 to the construction of his less spectacular, classical style Dom. He prefered the new french revolutional style and in 10 years, until 1772 with the help of Gáspár Oswald, architect of the Big Church in Kecskemét, the church was ready and could be consacrated. The internal decoration lasted until 1777. In 1944 the Dom was hit by a soviet bomb wich didn`t explode. This was a real miracle, like in the case of the Saint Stephen`s Basilica in Budapest (see my Budapest page). István Takács immortalized this prodigy by painting a fresco in the side nave.

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Beneath the main square you can find an exposition about the past of this old city. Here you can see models of the medieval Vác, drawings, images from the excavations, the funds of the medieval cathedral destroyed during the turkish wars and a charming skeleton as well>;-) Under the square there are lot of other medieval cellars because those weren`t destroyed by the wars, even though only some of them can be visited.

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It was Károly Eszterházy the bishop of Vác to built this simple, outside classical but inside late baroque cathedral. In that period the city was divided by a wall. In one part lived the hungarians, while in the other part the germans. Eszterházy decided to pull down the wall and in this place was constructed the Konstantin square wich we can see even today. It was the famous austrian Franz Anton Pilgram to make the plans for the construction of the new cathedral. His plans (a baroque very ornated church with two high towers wich would have been connected to the episcopal Palace with a columnade) were never realized though. In fact, Eszterházy went away from Vác. and the new bishop, Kristóf Migazzi didn`t want to spend so much money on the construction. he invited the italian Isidore Canavale to make the new plans.....

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The White church is the most famous church in Vác. It recieved it`s name from the dominican monks who wore allways a typical white cloth. In reality this church was until the past year yellow. I think that it was repainted to symbolize better it`s name. Altough the construction of this church began in 1699, it was finished only in 1755. In 1995 in the crypt of this church the archeologists found something fantastic...!

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Watching the Danube from the Promenade is just fantastic! You can sit down everywhere on the rocks to enjoy this unparaleled view. One of my favourite photos I`ve ever taken is the main pic of this tip. Well, isn`t it relaxing?:)

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The interior of the church is surprisingly luminous for a cathedral, even when the lights arent swiched on.
The Choir is supported by big corinthian columns, and in the whole nave we find numerous corinthian haf-columns. Here you can find the huge baroque organ wich is famous for it`s exellent sound.
In the Dom, also thanks to it`s great accoustics, there are lots of concerts in each part of the year.