Pécs is the largest city of south-west Hungary, an outpost of the Mediterranean. In Pécs you can experience 2000 years of history of the Roman, the Ottoman, the Medieval, the Austro-Hungarian but also the communist era. The early Christian necropolis is a UNESCO World Heritage. The first university of Hungary was founded here in 1367 and the mosque of Pasha Qasim is the town’s landmark. The enchanting Zsolnay porcelain manufactory became a cultural quarter for the European Capital of Culture year in 2010, celebrated under the motto “Borderless City”. Today, thousands of students from all over the world study in the city with its remarkable cultural-artistic life.
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