5 things you need to know

5 things you need to know

For whom the bell tolls?
Dead or alive
And soon the darkness
Thrown out
Fülöp and Erzsébet (Philip and Elizabeth)

History of the Town Hall

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The present Town Hall

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The Courtyard

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The General Assembly Hall

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The Council Chambers

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The Mayor’s Room

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The Bridge of Sighs

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The Tower

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Test your knowledge with our true-false game!

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True or False?
Theatre plays were frequently held in the second town hall, built by István Vedres.
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False
True! The so-called ”Szín-Játszó Hely” (Place-for-Theatre Plays), arranged in the General Assembly Hall, hosted traveling theatre companies; thus, this place may as well be regarded as the first permanent theatre in town.
True or False?
The cannonball, stuck in the wall of the town hall tower, can still be seen today; which was fired at General Julius Jacob Haynau, the ruthless Austrian commander who suppressed Hungarian insurrectionary movements at the time of the Battle of Szőreg (a nearby town) on 5 August 1849.
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False
False! The ball in the middle section of the current tower of the town hall is not a cannonball but was actually part of the old tower clock showing the changing periods of the day. The very tower Gen. Haynau was watching the Battle of Szőreg from belonged to the second town hall; therefore, this story about the canon ball is only an urban legend.
True or False?
Queen Elizabeth, also known as Sisi, was accommodated with her husband, Austrian Emperor and Hungarian King Franz Joseph I, in the guesthouse standing right next to the town hall at the time of the Royal Visit between 14 and 16 October 1883. The royal couple walked through the Bridge of Sighs from their royal chamber to the town hall.
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False! The legendary queen only once visited Szeged later, upon stopping by with her husband on a round trip in Hungary (24-25 May 1857).
True or False?
All three town halls of the Free Royal Town of Szeged were built on the same spot.
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True! The first town hall, resembling a military building, which had been built at the end of the 18th century, was replaced by a second structure designed in Copf and Classicist styles by architect István Vedres in 1801, then the third, currently seen town hall was constructed in 1883 on the very same location.
True or False?
Prison cells used to be in the basement of the old town hall.
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False
True! Town halls generally had prison cells to hold petty criminals for over three centuries.
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