If
you want to see the sights of the Danubes left bank you will soon arrive
in Vác through Göd and Sződliget
on highway 2. We arrive in the city founded more than 900 years ago crossing the Baroque bridge which
spans over the Gombás-brook. Baroque Vác!
In the age of Maria Theresa the Meacenas type bishops formed the
dominant look of the city, with abundantly
decorated Baroque churches and palaces. Besides
the Dominican and Franciscan churches, the
Catholic parish-church, the bishop’s palace and the Townhall
there is a special Baroque monument in the city, the Triumphal Arch, a
single gate made of stone, which was erected on the occasion of Maria
Theresa’s visit 
of 1764; it is the only architectural monument of
this sort in Hungary. The monumtal episcopal
cathedral of Vác is a valuable memento of the late Baroque, its frescos
and main altar-piece are the creations of F. A. Maulbertsch the
outstanding painter of Austrian Baroque.
If
we make a little detour, we can visit the beautiful botanical garden of Vácrátót
which was founded in the second half of the 19th century and
has more than 5000 different species of plaints.
