'Cathedral Square’ contains Szeged’s most important buildings and monuments and is the centre of events during the annual summer Szeged Open-Air Festival . Lording above all else is the twin-towered Votive Church , a disproportionate brick monstrosity that was pledged after the 1879 flood but built from 1913 to 1930. Running along three sides of the square is the National Pantheon , with statues and reliefs of more than 100 Hungarian notables (almost 100% male).
The Romanesque St Demetrius Tower , the city’s oldest structure, is all that remains of a church erected here in the 12th century. The Serbian Orthodox church , at the northeastern end of the square, was built in 1778. Take a peek inside at the fantastic iconostasis: a central gold ‘tree’, with 70 icons hanging from its ‘branches’. Back on Dóm tér, duck into the Diocesan Museum & Treasury and wade through the collection of monstrances, chalices and other liturgical objects.
