Horváth M. Ferenc (szerk.): Vác The heart of the Danube Bend. A historical guide for residents and globetrotters (Vác, 2009)
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288 Coat of arms of Szentendre on the facade of the Town Hall Settlement on the bank of the Danube Szentendre........................................................ Szentendre is a small town lying on the right side of the Danube. It is a settlement particularly rich in historic monuments. In the 1690s groups of Serbian people arrived here because they had been threatened by the Ottoman Turks in their own country. About 800 families settled in the town. They were granted freedom of worship and other rights as well. Later their proportion decreased as Dalmatian, German and Slovak settlers also arrived. As a result, the ratio of religions changed significantly.The economic decline of the 19th century spared Szentendre from the destruction of its historic monuments, because - unlike in other places - there was no large-scale construction here. Dalmatian-Serbian features mixed with some peculiar provincial local elements are still characteristic of the town. The core of the town is quite confined; it is surrounded by groups of houses built up densely method and owns a picturesquely irregular image.There are numerous exhibition places, museums and galleries downtown. Sights: Main Square, Town Hall Square, Rab Ráby Square, the houses of Bogdányi and Dumtsa Jenő Streets, former tradesmen's houses (first half of the 18th century) • ornate Rococo style cross set in the Main Square by the Tradesmen Association of Szentendre to avoid epidemic diseases (1763) • Blagovesztenszka (Feast of Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary) Church built by András Mayerhoffer's designs (1752) with iconostasis, altar-table and stacidias (high-armed chairs used for support while standing) dating back to the 18th century • Zopf-style building of the former Serbian school (1793) • former salt depot (18th century) in Görög Street, A Serbian couple as depicted in the 17th century
