Nagykőrös

Nagykőrös (historical names: Kalanguerusy, Kalánkőröse) is a town in Pest County.

Get in
From Budapest is about 80 km toward southeast. Between Cegléd and Kecskemet. From Cegléd take #441 main road.

Others

 * Cavalryman's barrack-room of Nagykőrös, is the home of the Arany János Museum. This is a 'landscape' museum, houses significant collection of ethnographical, archelogical and historical relics, and of fine art. A couple of the 'must see' items: the golden mounted sword of an Avar prince, the gold-plated bronze procession cross of the 17th, 18th and 19th centuries and wrought-iron. (Hu:Huszárkaszárnya, Nagykőrösi Kulturális Központ - Arany János Közérdekű Muzeális Gyűjtemény. Loc:Ceglédi út 19. Phone: +36 53 350810, +36 20 9509560, Email: museum@korosikultura.hu, Web. Opening hours: 1 Apr-31 Oct 10:00-18:00 Th F 9:00-13:00, Sa 12:00-16:00, closed M-W. Winter: 09:00-16:00; closed on M. Admission: adult/reduced: Ft600/300)
 * Gaál Manor Court, It was built in 1909 in Art Nouveau style. Now it works as an office. (Hu:Gaál-kúria. Loc: Outskirt. Phone: +36 53 550300, fax: +36 53 351058 Admission: Free of charge)
 * Halász Mansion was built in 1810 in Copf (late Classicist) style (Hu: Halász kúria. Loc:Kecskeméti utca 17. Phone: +36 53 550300). Patay-Szeless-Kiss Mansion was built in 1810 and renovated in 1881 in neo-classicist style. It works as flats. (Hu:Patay-Szeless-Kiss Kúria. Loc: Kalotsa Balázs utca 4. Phone: +36 53 550300, closed for the visitors). Kalotsa Balázs Mansion was built in 1790 and was renewed in 1850 in romantic style. Nowadays it is a nursery school. (Hu:Kalotsa (Balázs)-kúria. Loc: Kalotsa Balázs utca 1. Phone: +36 53 351991).
 * Kalotsa István Manor Court is a primary school. Built in Classicist style (Hu: Kalotsa István-kúria. Loc: Dalmady Győző utca 10. Phone: +36 53 550290, Admission: free of charge)
 * Szalay Mansion, the building includes architectural elements of Romantic and Classicist style. It is now the Mango Disco Club (Hu:Szalay-kúria. Loc: Dalmady Győző utca 3. Phone: +36 20 5557709 info@club-mango.hu, Opening hours: Sa 22:00-05:00).
 * Molnár-Benkó Mansion, a residential building, has architectural elements of Romantic and Classicist style (Hu: Molnár-Benkó-kúria. Loc: Koszorú utca 2. Phone: +36 53 550300).
 * Rákóczi-Beretvás-Segesváry Mansion, a mixed style Baroque, Classicist building, is a boarding school (Hu:Rákóczi-Beretvás-Segesváry-kúria. Loc: Arany János utca 28, Phone: +36 53 350064, kretfk@fls.reftkn.hu). Jakabházy Eötvös Mansion (Hu: Jakabházy Eötvös-kúria) is an Art Nouveau dwelling house. Loc: Szilágyi utca 2. Phone: +36 53 550300, closed to visitors).

Connect
The postal code for Nagykőrös is: H-2750 and H-2751. Area Phone code: 53.



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 * Cegléd
 * Kecskemét
 * Szeged