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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 46. Chapters: People from Pecs, Squares in Pecs, Zoltan Gera, Laszlo Solyom, Marcel Breuer, The Pecs Model of School Social Work, Victor Vasarely, Bela Tarr, University of Pecs, George Julian Zolnay, Pal Dardai, Szechenyi square, Pecsi Mecsek FC, Lipot Fejer, Dezs Ernster, Pecs Brewery, Lajos Asztalos, Ibolya Mehlmann, Jozsef Petretei, Zsolnay, Roman Catholic Diocese of Pecs, Ferenc Keresztes-Fischer, Boldizsar Bodor, Pecsi Indianok SK, David Katzirz, brahim Pecevi, Katinka Hosszu, Jen Jando, Mosque of Pasha Qasim, Janos Borso, Attila Tokoli, Croat Theatre of Pecs, National Theatre of Pecs, Jozsef Eotvos, Balazs Berdo, International Culture Week in Pecs, Zsuzsanna Jakabos, Vilmos R der, Balazs Berczy, Vilmos Zsolnay, Gandhi School, Emerich Ullmann, Adrian Horvath, Vilmos Foldes, Anton von Rosas, Attila Mesterhazy, Avrohom Chaim Oppenheim, Peter Gothar, Petar Dobrovi, Pecs Power Station, Istvan Nemere, Gabor Stefan, Music of Pecs, Kalman Katona, Leo Festetics, Tamas Fejer, Pecs TV Tower, Magashaz, Stadion PMFC. Excerpt: Pecs (Hungarian pronunciation: known by alternative names) is the fifth largest city of Hungary, located on the slopes of the Mecsek mountains in the south-west of the country, close to its border with Croatia. It is the administrative and economical centre of Baranya county. Pecs is also the seat of Roman Catholic Diocese of Pecs. The city Sopianae was founded by Romans at the beginning of the 2nd century, on an area peopled by Celts and Pannoni tribes. By the 4th century it became the capital of Valeria province and a significant early Christian center. The early Christian necropolis is from this era which became an UNESCO World Heritage Site in December 2000. Its episcopate was founded in 1009 by Steven I, and the first university in Hungary was founded in Pecs in 1367 by Louis I the Great. (The largest un...
