Below Forgách Palace lies Várkert, where visitors can stroll and relax. The park is a green focal point for a stay in Szécsény; other local highlights include the cobbled streets of the historic town centre and several named landmarks in the town’s history. When planning your stay, you can choose to focus on time outdoors, architectural history or exhibitions.

Várkert as a Park Landscape

Várkert is a protected landscape area with gravel paths. The park has a small pond and a large pond, drainage ditches and wooden bridges. The distinction between the small and large ponds gives a simple impression of the park’s features; the ditches and wooden bridges add further concrete details. If you would like to set aside time for a walk and some relaxation outdoors, you can plan to visit Várkert.

Pedestrian Streets in the Historic Town Centre

Cobbled pedestrian streets run through Szécsény’s historic town centre. This offers a different focus from Várkert’s park landscape: here, the historic streetscape shapes your visit, while gravel paths and park features take centre stage there. If you would rather explore the townscape than a garden on your walk, the town centre offers its own perspective on Szécsény. This lets you take both of these different aspects of the town into account when planning.

Bastion, Folk Costume Collection and Local History

The round northeastern corner bastion of the former Szécsény Castle is the Bástyamúzeum and has a diameter of 10 metres. This measurement gives you a sense of its size; at the same time, its circular shape provides a precise architectural point of reference. The Kaláris Folk Costume Collection offers a different perspective: almost 40 life-size dolls wearing traditional costumes showcase clothing from various regions of the Carpathian Basin. Accessories are also displayed in cases. While the bastion draws attention to a building, the collection puts regional costumes and accessories in the spotlight. Architectural history and exhibition themes thus offer distinct interests side by side.

The renovated Pintér House is home to the Nostalgia Museum. The Haynald Gate is the garden gate at the former Velics House and is named after Archbishop Lajos Haynald. These two places each have their own focus: Pintér House is associated with a museum, while the Haynald Gate brings together its connection to the former Velics House and the archbishop’s name. These named buildings and structures also add specific historical points of reference to the town’s local themes.

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A Different Highlight in the Wider Destination of Neuburg

In the wider destination of Neuburg, the old village of Hollókő offers a different cultural and historical highlight. It is a Palóc settlement in Nógrád County in northern Hungary and a deliberately preserved, living example of rural life before the 20th-century agricultural revolution. While Szécsény is presented here through its park, streetscape and collections, Hollókő turns the focus to a preserved village and rural life in times gone by.

Discover more destinations: Nógrádsipek, Nagylóc, Hollókő.

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