Horváth M. Ferenc (szerk.): Vác The heart of the Danube Bend. A historical guide for residents and globetrotters (Vác, 2009)

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Plan of the Castle of Csővár

Draving of the Castle of Csővár from 1739

The Village Museum

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The village was visited several times by the great Hungarian poet Sándor Petőfi. One of his aunts on his mother's side lived here, and he was also entertained at one of his schoolmates'house on some occassions. Sights: Haltenberg Manor House • romantic Mansion of the Evva family • Village Museum in the former Osztroluczky Mansion • Mary Magdalene Chapel (1820) • Cosmic Geodesic Observatory (visits are to be booked in advance)

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Sándor Petőfi's memorial plaque

Evva Manor House

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Lsovar

The settlement was formed at the foot of the former now derelict castle bearing the same name. During the Ottoman era the small fort was ruined and the village was depopulated; its subsequent revival was due to Slovakian settlers.

Sights: Gothic castle with an inner tower, cistern and two corner towers • lookout on the area from the Castle Hill • folk architecture

The landowner Muslay family built several ecclesiastic and secular buildings here that still dominate the image of the village.

Sights: Baroque mansion (second half of the 18th century) • single-aisled Baroque Roman Catholic church (1767- 1777) with a Zopf-style pulpit • a relief made by Lőrinc Dunaiszky (1824) • Classicist-style Muslay-Toperczer Mansion (c.1820) Programmes: village carnival • village fete on the birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary

Catholic church and the Angel-statue on the cross outside the church