Jászapáti is a town of 8,300 people, and a district in Jász-Nagykun-Szolnok County.
Understand
[edit]- Tourinform Damjanich út 8., Jászapáti town
Get in
[edit]Jászapáti town can be reached by road on the main road 31, by train from Szolnok on the MÁV 86 Vámosgyörk – Újszász – Szolnok railway line.
Get around
[edit]See and do
[edit]In the town
[edit]In 1 Jászapáti. :
- Farm Museum: agricultural exhibition, a museum hosting an exhibition on the agricultural way of life.
- Library (19th century, classical style. Located opposite the church. Previously town hall).
- Church of the Assumption: the two-towered Roman Catholic church is a medieval monument that has been remodeled several times. It gained its present form in 1833. The secco of the church dome was made by the painter Pál Vágó, and the side altars were made by Than Mór . The building is surrounded by fortified, crenellated fence with stretches.
Library : located opposite the church. It used to function as a town hall. It was built in the 19th century in a classicist style.
- Pál Vágó Local History Museum: A museum established in the birthplace of Pál Vágó, which houses several smaller exhibitions, including the works of ceramic designer Béla Mihály, also born in Jászapáti.
In the district
[edit]- 2 Alattyán (Archaic: Olaptiuã) (N 34 km of Szolnok). Gecse House, (Gecse Arpad artist's legacy can be viewed oil paintings, graphics, sculpture portraits, plaques and altarpieces with the artist's belongings and documents). Jewish cemetery (memorial park since 1999). Church of St. Michael (1773).
- Jászberény Franciscan Church and Monastery (Gothic), Jász Museum, Jászberényi Zoo and Botanical Garden, Hajta's marsh. }}
- 3 Jászdózsa (Direct train and bus from Szolnok). St. Michael Church (1777-82, late baroque), "Five-hole Stone Bridge" (1811-13, width: 6.65 m and length 40 m), Folk House, Pap forest (natural protected area).
- 4 Jászszentandrás (Budapest approx. 100 km, Szolnok, approx. 50 km, from both direct buses). Exaltation of the Holy Cross Roman Catholic Church (Neo-Gothic, 1903 ), Truffle Museum (Járási iskola út 57. Tel:+36-30-6272781), Country House: shows the characteristic Jász furnishing, work tools, tools.
Do
[edit]In the town
[edit]- Tölgyes Thermal Bath and Camping: in the summer season it has 6 pools (swimming, spa, children's, adventure, training and thermal pools); in the winter season it has 2 indoor pools. The thermal water rises to the surface from a well of sodium bicarbonate at 45 °C and 805 m deep. It is primarily used by patients with musculoskeletal disorders.
- Fishing lakes
Events
- Harvest Festival: every summer
- Spring Starter Farmers days (national horse show and competition)
In the district
[edit]In Jászdózsa:
- Farewell to the last Sunday of each September
In Jászszentandrás:
- András thermal bath and camping