Horváth M. Ferenc (szerk.): Vác The heart of the Danube Bend. A historical guide for residents and globetrotters (Vác, 2009)
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SIGHTSEEING 243 The Clubhouse of Hope can be found a few houses away. Nowadays it does not look as splendid as it used to when it was built in 1927. In its heydays the Hope Association was a successful cultural and sports society. The building also housed the last cinema of the town, which has closed down. The Calvary ofVác, one of the most original pieces of its kind f $ in the country, can be reached through Honvéd Street in the direction of Kosd.The elliptic, fortress-like construction was built in 1726 with the financial aid of a nobleman from Vác, János Schick (mentioned as "Csik'in several sources). Its walls were built of tufa [calcium carbonate], a material rarely used around here, which suggests the idea that the remains of a former watchtower might have been used for the construction. Inside the building, on the ground floor, there is the Holy Grave shrine, the starting point of the 14 Stations of the Cross following the sufferings of Jesus Christ. The first eight stations are on ground floor, whereas the rest of the pictures made of artificial stone are up on a two-flight stairs on the right. (They are replicas made in the course of restoration work based on a similar series in the town ofTata.) At the parting of the stairs we can see the coat of arms of the founder's family. There used to be some wooden statues on the roof but in 1738 a group of stone statues was placed here: Mary, St John with his mother and Mary Magdalene on her knees, the mourners of the crucified Jesus Christ. The obdurate thief on the left puts his tongue out even on the cross. We do not know who Tho hnilHinnc nf tha Ca I w arx/ A VÁCI REHÉNYSÉC EGYESÜLET SZÉKHAZA HD DR VANYEK BÉLA KANONOK.PÁPAI KAMARÁS /(893 - 1966/ ÉPÍTTETETT 1927-28 BAN A SAJÁT CS A VÁCI PÜSPÖKSÉC ANYAGI HOZZÁJÁRULÁSÁVAL ALAPÍTÓJA EMLÉKÉRE KÉSZÍTTETTE A AZ ECYESÜLET TAGSÁCA I9 9IBENÄ The Clubhouse of Reménység (“Hope") Association The Calvary in 1812 János Schick's coat of arms above the entrance of the Calvary
