2 Best Sights in Kalocsa, Hungary

On the Szentháromsâg square, next to the cathedral, the Archiepiscopal Treasury houses an astounding trove of precious relics, manuscripts, vestments, and other objects—many in solid gold or silver or encrusted with precious jewels—belonging to the church.

Since most of medieval Kalocsa was laid to waste during the long Ottoman occupation, the town's notable buildings date from the 18th century or later, including Kalosca Cathedral. Completed in 1754, the cathedral is considered a masterpiece of the baroque, with an eye-popping gilded interior replete with vivid frescoes and baroque flourishes. The sepulchre in the crypt is said to be the original resting place of the first archbishop of Kalosca, a vestige from the first church built on this site (the present church is the fourth). The church's pipe organ is one of the finest in Hungary and was inaugurated by being played by Franz Liszt.