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

Tartalom

I The wrought-iron lattice gate of the castle

Vácrátót.................................................

The village has the largest collection of living plants in Hungary.

Sights: botanical garden in the park of the former Vigyázó Mansion

Veresegyház....................................

The settlement dates back to the Árpád Age when it had a church built of unplastered red bricks, which might have given the village its name (meaning "red church"). Today it is the most dynamically developing town of Pest county. The lakes in the inner area of the settlement offer excellent facilities for entertainment and relaxation. Sights: Baroque-style Roman Catholic church (18th century) • Baroque Golgotha statue (18th century) • Calvinist church (1784-1798) • World War II memorial • Village Museum • tavern (18th century) • bear and wolf shelter • Statue Park Programmes: vintage parade and dance • thermal bath • angling

Programmes: in the summer evening concerts are held in the botanical garden • meeting of the villages called Rátét • St István's (St Stephen) Day (20 August)

The speciality of the botanical garden: the aerial roots of the white cypress