Szeged Sights

There are lots of interesting and pretty building around Szeged. This is Reök Palota (palace). It is Lily's favourite building here. It is in an Art Nouveau style with beautiful purple flowers on it and lots of details. It's at the end of Lily's street so she walks past it almost every day but never gets bored of looking at it. It is the regional art centre and a café so it is fun to visit too.There are exhibitions and childrens workshops.

There are more pictures of architecture around Szeged here.

This is Dom Tér Catherdral. Lily wanted to visit it since she had never really been to a church before. It was cold and dark inside but every space on the walls,ceiling and arches were covered in pictures and designs. It was quite spectacular. The pictures showed scened from the bible which sparked lots of questions about what Christians believe. Me, Lily ans Lily's mum talked a lot about heaven but Lily concluded "I don't think there really is a heaven but thats OK. I love love and nature (especially lizards) and art and there is lots of these in life. I don't need anything more." 

Since we went to the cathedral we thought it would be interesting to visit the synagogue too.


We were all surprised at how similar the cathedral and the synagogue were; both are decorative and beautiful, both have huge domes, big organ and wooden seats. Lily wondered why there were two building that were so similar in such a small town but her mum explained that Christians and Jews believe different things and each group wants their own place to come together and learn. 






The Jewish community in Szeged, like the rest of Europe, has a very sad history. You can read more about it on the synagogue website.