"I am from Hungary. We are descendants of Genghis Khan and Attila the Hun." -- Zsa Zsa Gabor
==================================(in southwestern Hungary) The city of Pécs is found at the southern foot of the wooded Mecsek Mountains, 135 miles (220 km) south-southwest of Budapest. In 1009 Stephen I, Hungary's first king, made the town a bishopric. The name Pécs first appeared in the late 11th century. The city has a large main square with a well-preserved mosque (Ghazi Kassim Pasha), which is now a Roman Catholic church. The city’s cathedral, which was founded in 1009 on the site of an old Roman church, was extensively renovated and restored in the 1960s. Lying equidistant from the blue Danube to the east and the Dráva river to the south, on a plain sheltered from the northern winds by the hills, Pécs enjoys a microclimate that lengthens the summer and is ideal for viticulture and fruit production (as well as almonds). Surrounded by largely baroque buildings, Pécs' sloped main square is the city's hub. With the Mosque Church at the north end, the square is anchored by the Trinity Column in the center. At the southern end the porcelain Zsolnay Fountain boasts a lustrous eosin glaze and four bull’s heads. (Pécs is one of the most pleasant and interesting cities to visit in Hungary.)
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