Horváth M. Ferenc (szerk.): Vác The heart of the Danube Bend. A historical guide for residents and globetrotters (Vác, 2009)
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126 RESETTLEMENT AND THE AGE OF THE GREAT CONSTRUCTIONS - THE 18TH CENTURY The seal of the Piarist Monastery of Vác, 1739 of the bishopric were built in j the small square opposite the | bishop's palace. At the back of the cathedral some prebendal houses, a parish building and the minor-deputy-provost's palace were constructed. The J training of priests, which had ceased during the Ottoman occupation, had to be restarted and the seminary needed a permanent home as well. First Bishop Zsigmond Kollonits entrusted the Piarists and the Dominicans with the education of the novices. The The one-time great beer house of the bishopric PARTEM HANCAETDIVM EMINE NT1SSIM VS CAB DINAHS' CHRISTOPHORVS DE MIGA2Z\ ANNO MDCCLXXXI. PERFECIT. , ANNOMDCC LXXXlt SCHOLIS PMS DONAVIT Bishop Migazzi's memorial plaque on the wall of the Piarist Grammar School building of the new seminary was begun by Kristóf Migazzi in 1777 in Konstantin Square. The Piarist Monastery was situated on the opposite side of the square round the corner; the building of the grammar school was right next to it. Szentháromság ("Holy Trinity") Square was built halfway between the Main Square and Konstantin Square, on a line between the secular and the ecclesiastic centre that was also the principal axis of the former medieval single-street settlement. The Piarist Church and Monastery were located here facing the HolyTrinity statue, which had been erected in memory of the plague epidemic in 1740. Another characteristic building of the square was the bishopric beer house, part of which now belongs to the lido; the rest is a restaurant. Besides some single-storey houses, mainly workshops, the postmaster's house also stood here. In the first half of the 20th century though the police station was built in its place. The castle was in ruins, it had been used for storage by the treasury for some time. In 1715 the county ordered the castle to be cleaned, but in 1719 the Franciscan friars were granted permission to settle down here and they Memorial plaque of the founders on the front of the Piarist Monastery Layout of the arrangement of Holy Trinity Square, early 19th century
