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Kalocsa (Croatian: Kaloč, Kalac, Serbian: Kaloč or Калоча, German: Kollotschau) is a Baroque provincial town of 15,000 people (2018), and a district in Bács-Kiskun County. The district is famous for its peppers, which are called "red gold".

Understand[edit]

Kalocsa is one of the oldest towns in Hungary. The present archbishopric, founded about 1135, is a development of a bishopric said to have been founded in 1000 by King Stephen the Saint.

It sits in a marshy but highly productive district, near the left bank of the Danube River. The residents of Kalocsa and its wide-spreading communal lands are chiefly employed in the cultivation of paprika, fruit, flax, hemp and cereals, in the capture of waterfowl and in fishing.

Get in[edit]

Map
Map of Kalocsa

Kalocsa is on the road between Budapest and Baja, running to Kiskőrös and Mélykút. At the village of Gerjen a ferry runs across the Danube to connect Fadd and Kalocsa. It is 142 km (88 mi) south of Budapest.

The nearest international airport is in Budapest.

Get around[edit]

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In the town[edit]

Archbishop's Palace
  • 1 Assumption Cathedral (Nagyboldogasszony Főszékesegyház). The treasury is open to the public Under the main cathedral are crypts with tombs of archbishops, and István Katona (historian) was buried in a side altar. Assumption Cathedral (Q601589) on Wikidata Kalocsa Cathedral on Wikipedia
  • 2 Archbishop's Palace (Érseki palota). An impressive Baroque ecclesiastical historical monument in Kalocsa town, where the Archbishop of Kalocsa resides. Archiepiscopal Palace in Kalocsa (Q1470941) on Wikidata
  • Pepper Museum
  • Schöffer Museum
  • Folk House
  • Archbishop Botanical Garden
  • Theater
  • Forty-Eights Square
  • King Stephen (Main) road
  • Lajos Kossuth Road (the continuation of St Stephen Street)
  • Trinity Square (Main Square).
  • Well known is Kalocsa's brightly painted historic train station from 1882, an example of folk art in the region.

In the district[edit]

  • 3 Dunapataj (Dunapataj – Szelidi-tó) (N 10 km from Kalocsa). - Szelidi lake is a holiday resort and nature reserve with unique wildlife is 4 km away from Dunapataj. Events: the Szelidi Summer Festival (Jul and Aug)- the Pataji Autumn (Sep). Dunapataj (Q911434) on Wikidata Dunapataj on Wikipedia
Hajós - Wine cellars
  • 4 Hajós (Croatian: Ajoš, German: Hajosch) (SE 20 km of Kalocsa, NE 30 km of Baja). cellar village (Pince falu). There are over 1,200 press houses, Hajós Palace (Hajós Kastély) Event: Urban day wine festival (Orbán Napi Borünnep, end of May)
Church of St. Stephen
  • 5 Fajsz (Croatian: Fajsin) (Kalocsa 17 km, Baja 32 km). Neo-Romanesque Church of St. Stephen Szent István-templom (1910).
  • 6 Tompa (28 km from Kiskunhalas). St. Anne's Church built in 1893-1905, Redl Palace

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In the town[edit]

  • Picnic Fest (Majális)
  • Dragon Boat Cup (Sárkányhajó Kupa)
  • Midsummer Night fun (Szent Iván-éji mulatság)
  • St. Stephen's Days (Szent István Napok)
  • Danube Folk Festival (Duna Menti Folklórfesztivál)
  • Blue Bird Festival (Kék Madár Fesztivál)
  • Kalocsa's Paprika Festival (Kalocsai Paprikafesztivál) in mid-September
  • Csajda Swimming Pool and Spa (Csajda Uszoda és Gyógyfürdő). Thermal water with high chemical content, sodium chloride, bromide and iodide at 35 ° C. It is primarily recommended for the treatment of musculoskeletal and joint disorders. All five of its pools are indoor.

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Eat[edit]

In the town[edit]

  • Belvárosi Kávéház, Szent István király út 39.
  • Nyárfa Vendéglő, Bátyai út 13.
  • Arizóna Ételbár, Tomori u. 35.
  • Diófa Vendéglő, Petőfi Sándor utca 67.
  • Halászcsárda, Bátyai út
  • Judit Vendéglő, Foktői út 34.
  • Kalocsai Csajdakert étterem, Csajda u. 2
  • Klub étterem, Szent István király út. 38.
  • Korona étterem, Szent István király út 6.
  • Klub 51Vigadó étterem, Bátyai út 40.
  • Vincenzo étterem, Obermayer tér 7.
  • Club 502 Söröző és Pizzéria, Szent István király út 64.
  • Corona pizzéria, Búzapiactér 9.
  • Papa Chico Ételbár, Negyvennyolcasok tere 1.
  • Bufly Burger, Búzapiactér.
  • Kaméleon Gyorsbüfé, Búzapiac tér 3.
  • Oázis Hamburger, Szent István király út 31.

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